مكور

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مُكَوَّر (mukawwar, “rounded”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mkaw.war/

Noun

مكور • (mkawwar) m (collective, singulative مكورة f (mkawwra), plural مكورات (mkawwrāt))

1. cabbage

   Synonym: كرنب (karnab)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مكور.

Noun

مكور • (mekver)

1. camel-saddle for riding

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مكور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 4870
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مكور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1962