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Russian
Etymology
Usually explained as an early Turkic borrowing (< Proto-Turkic *köbüŕ). Compare Slovak and Czech koberec, Polish kobierzec, archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).
Mikkola, quoted by Vasmer and Karl Brugmann,[1] derives the Russian word from Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt”).[2] This derivation is difficult for phonetic and semantic reasons and fails to explain the Czech and Bulgarian cognates.
Unrelated to English cover or French couvert.
Pronunciation
Noun
ковёр • (kovjór) m inan (genitive ковра́, nominative plural ковры́, genitive plural ковро́в, relational adjective ковро́вый, diminutive ко́врик)
- rug, carpet
1820, Александр Пушкин, “Песнь первая”, in Руслан и Людмила; English translation from Roger Clarke, transl., Ruslan and Ludmila, 2005–17:Свершились милые надежды,
Любви готовятся дары;
Падут ревнивые одежды
На цареградские ковры…- Sveršilisʹ milyje nadeždy,
Ljubvi gotovjatsja dary;
Padut revnivyje odeždy
Na caregradskije kovry… - Their dreams of fondness were fulfilled,
all that love offered now was ready.
Garments, resented and resentful,
dropped down upon Byzantine rugs…
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References
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress