کوره

See also: كورة‎ and کوزه‎

Persian

Etymology

From Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (qwrg /kūrag/, “furnace, kiln”). A Semitic borrowing. Compare Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ‎ (kūrāʼ, “melting pot; furnace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /koːɾa/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /koːɾa/

• (Kabuli): IPA^(key): /koːɾa/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /kuːɾe/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /kuːɾe/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /kɵːɾa/

Noun

کوره • (kôre) (plural کوره‌ها‎ (kôre-hâ))

Dari Persian	کوره
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кӯра (küra)

1. forge, furnace

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کورة”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քուրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press