Change viewing parameters
Select another database
Altaic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Altaic: *kĕta ( ~ -t`-, -o, -u)
Meaning: mule, barren
Russian meaning: мул, бесплодный
Comments: A Western isogloss. Mong. > Chag. kačir 'mule' etc. (see VEWT 217). The Mong. form itself may have been borrowed from Turk. (see Щербак 1997, 137), but may as well be genuine. The Tung. parallel makes the theory of Turk. < Iran. (Sogd. ɣrtr'k, see TMN 3, 393 with literature) rather improbable. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
Search within this database
Turkic etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Turkic: *KAtɨr
Meaning: mule
Russian meaning: мул
Karakhanid: qatɨr (MK, KB) Turkish: katɨr
Azerbaidzhan: Gatɨr
Turkmen: Gatɨr
Noghai: qatɨr
Balkar: qadɨr
Comments: VEWT 242, ЭСТЯ 5, 339-340, TMN 3, No 1395. The Turkic form may well be borrowed < Iran., cf. Saka khaḍara- 'mule'. Here -ḍ- points to *rd, cf. Sogd. ɣrtr'k < *xarataraka 'mule' (for a quite similar compound cf. Pers. astar 'mule' < *assa-tara 'horse from one side' (Bailey 70). Doerfer is concerned about lack of length in Turkic, but length is likewise lacking in Saka and other Iranian forms. The only phonetic difficulty is the Turkic reflex -t-, because Saka ḍ in the Saka-Uygh. glossary (14th c.) renders Turkic -r-. In one obvious Saka loan the Saka -ḍ- is indeed rendered as -r-: cūḍāṃ 'stadium' (Av. čarǝtu-) > OT (Hap. by MK) čurām 'a shot with a light far-flying arrow. However, if 'mule' is borrowed, it is hardly a Xinjiang loanword but rather a Common Turkic, and perhaps from another Iranian language (Sogdian?). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-nogx,turcet-blkx,turcet-reference,
Search within this database
Mongolian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Mongolian: *kači-
Meaning: a k. of mule
Russian meaning: вид мула
Middle Mongolian: qači-dut (pl. < *qačit) (SH), qačir (LH) monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-mmo,
Search within this database
Tungus etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ketem
Meaning: barren (of a female deer)
Russian meaning: бесплодная (о важенке оленя)
Evenki: ketem
Even: ketъm
Negidal: ketem
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-reference,
Search within this database
Nostratic etymology :
Search within this database
Eurasiatic: *kVtV
Meaning: barren
References: ND 1011 *ḳ[o]ʡdV 'be deprived of' (Drav. + rather improbable Old Turk., IE, Kartv. and Arab.). nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
Search within this database
Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Dravidian : *goḍ-
Meaning : barren (woman or cow)
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-gnd,
Search within this database
South Dravidian etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-South Dravidian : *goḍḍ-
Meaning : barren
Tamil : koṭṭu
Tamil meaning : barren woman
Kannada : goḍḍu
Kannada meaning : state of being barren, sapless; a barren cow, etc.
Kannada derivates : goḍḍi barren woman
Tulu : goḍḍu
Tulu meaning : barren
Number in DED : 2074
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
Search within this database
Nilgiri etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Nilgiri : *goḍ-
Meaning : man who has no children
Kota : goḍṇ
Additional forms : Also Kota goḍy barren woman
Number in DED : 2074
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
Search within this database
Telugu etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Telugu : *goḍḍ-
Meaning : barren, empty; barrenness, a barren woman or animal; any beast
Telugu : goḍḍu
Additional forms : Also goḍḍu (B) a beast; goḍlu (pl.) kine, horned cattle; (Śaŋk.) [1] goḍḍurālu, [2] goḍrālu barren woman
Number in DED : 2074
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
Search within this database
Gondwan etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *goḍ-
Meaning : barren cow
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-gon,gndet-kon,
Search within this database
Gondi etymology :
Search within this database
Proto-Gondi : *goḍ-
Meaning : cow
Maria Gondi : goḍu
Seoni Gondi : goḍ (pl. goṛku)
Koya Gondi : goḍ(u) (pl. goḍk), (Su.) goḍḍu (pl. goḍku)
Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : goḍ(u) "cattle, cow"
Number in DED : 2074
Number in CVOTGD : 1189
gonet-meaning,gonet-prnum,gonet-gondi_ma,gonet-gondi_s,gonet-gondi_ko,gonet-gondi_m,gonet-dednum,gonet-voc_num,
Search within this database
Konda etymology :
Search within this database
Konda : goḍu goḍra
Meaning: cattle, etc.
Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : goḍu "barren"
Number in DED : 2074
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-konda_bb,konet-dednum,
Search within this database
Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generated | Pages generated by this script | 849471 | 1633003 |
| Help
|
StarLing database server | Powered by | CGI scripts | Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin | | Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov |
|