كور

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Arabic

Etymology 1

An early Semitic borrowing, ultimately derived from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, to twist, to wind, to turn).

Verb

كَوَّرَ (kawwara) II (non-past يُكَوِّرُ (yukawwiru), verbal noun تَكْوِير (takwīr))

  1. to roll, to roll up, to coil, to wind
  2. to make round
  3. to clench
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Likely through Aramaic from Akkadian 𒆠𒉈 (/⁠kuru⁠/, crucible, kiln, brazier; log, thick reed; short reed mat, collection of reeds), likely coined from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, a bundle), hence a place of burning bundles of firewood or tinder. The sense of a saddle originally stems from a bundle or mat rolled and placed for cushioning; a specified sense natively coined from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/⁠kuru⁠/, short reed mat, collection or roll of reeds; a woven thing), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, to twist, to wind, to turn).

Noun

كُور (kūrm (plural أَكْوَار (ʔakwār) or أَكْوُر (ʔakwur) or كِيرَان (kīrān))

  1. camel saddle
  2. furnace, smelting furnace, forge
  3. bellows
    Synonym: كِير (kīr)
Declension
Descendants
  • Amharic: ኮር (kor)
    • Oromo: koora
    • Somali: koora
  • Ge'ez: ኮር (kor)
  • Tigre: ኮር (kor)
  • Tigrinya: ኮር (kor)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

كُوَر (kuwarpl

  1. plural of كُرَة (kura, ball)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

كُوَر (kuwarpl

  1. plural of كُورَة (kūra)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كور”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 496–497
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 254
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 69–70, 74
  • Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 65
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كور”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1127, 1132

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kōr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cœɾ/
  • (Western Western Rumelia) IPA(key): /co̞ɾ/

Adjective

كور (kör)

  1. blind
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Common Turkic .

Pronunciation

Adjective

كور (gür)

  1. abundant
  2. dense, thick
  3. happy
Descendants

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “gür 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كور”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1048b
  • Németh, Julius (1961) “Traces of the Turkish language in Albania”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 13, number 1/2, pages 9–29, multiple places

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian کور (kur).

Pronunciation

Adjective

كور (kor)

  1. blind

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN