kêr
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ker"
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Breton kaer, from Old Breton caer, from Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort, fortified town”) (compare Cornish ker, Welsh caer), from Proto-Celtic *kagros (“fort”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“take, seize”). Related to kae (“fence, hedge”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kêr f (plural kêrioù)
Inflection edit
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Northern Kurdish edit
Etymology 1 edit
According to Asatrian, an obvious lexical loan from Armenian կեռ (keṙ).[1]
Alternative forms edit
- кер’ (kêrr) — Cyrillic spelling
Adjective edit
kêr̄[2]
References edit
- ^ Abbasian, Alikhan, Voskanian, Vardan (1994) “A Kurdish Philosophy of Death: A Kurdish Tale from Armenia”, in Acta Kurdica[1], volume 1, page 145
- ^ Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kêr̄ II”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 318b
- ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kêr III”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 437b
- ^ Bakajev, Č. X. (1957) “кер’”, in I. A. Orbeli, editor, Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 188b
Further reading edit
- Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 516
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kars) (file)
Noun edit
kêr f
References edit
- ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kêr II”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 437b