kêr

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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)

  1. town, city

Inflection[edit]

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  Mutation of kêr  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kêr gêr c'hêr unchanged
plural kêrioù gêrioù c'hêrioù unchanged

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

kêr̄[2]

  1. crooked[3][4]

References[edit]

  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[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

  1. knife[1]

References[edit]

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