Breton

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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kêr f (plural kêrioù)

  1. town, city

Inflection

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology 1

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According to Asatrian, an obvious lexical loan from Armenian կեռ (keṙ).[1]

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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kêr̄[2]

  1. crooked[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Abbasian, Alikhan, Voskanian, Vardan (1994) “A Kurdish Philosophy of Death: A Kurdish Tale from Armenia”, in Acta Kurdica[1], volume 1, page 145
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kêr III”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 437b
  4. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Turkey, Kars):(file)

Noun

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kêr f

  1. knife[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kurdojev, K. K. (1960) “kêr II”, in Kurdsko-russkij slovarʹ [Kurdish–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej, page 437b