Dolgan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *Kiār.

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Noun

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каар (kaar)

  1. snow

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Tuvan

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Etymology

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Possibly a back-formation of калыр (kalır), through removal of perceived passive suffix (-l).

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Verb

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каар (kaar) (stem ка-)

  1. (transitive) to leave, put down, place
  2. (auxiliary, + -п) indicates completeness of an action
    Мени бажыңымга чедир үдеп каан.Meni bajıñımga çedir üdep kaan.He saw me to my house.