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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *kū̀rV
Meaning: to cut out, sharp
Russian meaning: вырезать, острый
Comments: KW 199. A Western isogloss. Doerfer (TMN 3, 441) (and Clark 1980, 43) regard Mong. as borrowed from Turk. (saying that the original meaning in Turkic is 'steel' - which is not the case, see EDT 647). On a possible Jpn. reflex see under *k`[ŭ]ri. {ND 1154 gives WMo kürü- 'sharpen an arrow'.} altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kurč
Meaning: sharp, hard (of steel)
Russian meaning: острый, твердый (о стали)
Tatar: qorɨč
Uzbek: qurč
Uighur: qujuč
Oyrat: qurč
Chuvash: xorźъ 'steel'
Kirghiz: qurč
Kazakh: qurɨš
Noghai: qurɨš
Bashkir: qoros
Balkar: qurč
Karaim: qurč
Kumyk: qurč
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-alt,turcet-chv,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-bas,turcet-blkx,turcet-krmx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kurča
Meaning: sharp
Russian meaning: острый
Written Mongolian: qurča (L 988) Middle Mongolian: qurča (HY 54, SH), qurča- 'to sharpen' (IM) Khalkha: xurc
Buriat: xursa
Ordos: Gurča
Shary-Yoghur: qurča
Monguor: xuʒ́a (SM 174), xuǯadǝ monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kōri-
Meaning: 1 to delve, carve out, pick out 2 to wound accidentally
Russian meaning: 1 вырезать, выдалбливать, выковыривать 2 порезать(ся), случайно ранить
Literary Manchu: qori- 1
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *kurV
Meaning: sharp
Comments: (Redei compares Ur. with Alt. *kiro, Yuk. kiŕe 'Steinwaffe')
References: МССНЯ 353, ОСНЯ 2, 344; ND 1154 *ḲurʡV 'sharp' (Drav. + Mong. + Arab.}. nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 429
Proto: *kurV
English meaning: knife
German meaning: Messer
Finnish: kuras (dial., gen. kuraksen) 'Messer; Schwert', ? kurikka 'Waschbleuel, Bleuel'
Estonian: kuurask (dial., gen. kuuraski), kurask 'Messer'
Saam (Lapp): korr 'cultellus, culter vilior', gürra (Malå) 'kleines stumpfes Messer'
Nenets (Yurak): χar (O), kar (Nj.) 'Messer, Schnitzmesser'
Enets (Yen): kōru (Ch.) 'Messer, Dolch', kuru, kolu 'Messer'
Kamass: kōrlo, kōrlǝ̑ 'Hobel'
Janhunen's version: (35) *kura
Sammalahti's version: *kura
Addenda: ? Kar. kurikka ( > Saam. Ko. kōra'k', I kūrah); Mot. kuro, kura 'Messer'; Taig. kurru
Yukaghir parallels: kiŕe 'Steinwaffe'
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *kūr-
Meaning : sharp
Proto-South Dravidian: *kūr- dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *kūr-
Meaning : sharp
Tamil : kūr (-pp-, -tt-)
Tamil meaning : to be sharp (as the edge or point of an instrument), be keen (as the intellect); n. sharpness, pointed edge, cutting or sarcastic speech, pivot on which door swings
Tamil derivates : kūrcci, kūrppu, kūrmai, kūriyam sharpness, keenness, pointedness; kūrccu id., pointed stick; kūriyan_ sharp, clever person; kūccu sharp point
Malayalam : kūr
Malayalam meaning : sharpness, point of an arrow
Malayalam derivates : kūruka, kūrikka, kūrkka to be sharp; kūrppikka to sharpen; kūrppu, kūrccam sharpness; kūrmma id., edge of sword, wit
Kannada : kūr
Kannada meaning : sharpness, acuteness
Kannada derivates : kūrike sharpness, pointedness; kūritu, kūrittu that which is sharp; kūrahu sword; kūrida a sharp, acute, or brave man; kūrpu sharpness, valour, a keen, penetrating look; (Bark.) kūpi a barber's knife
Kodagu : kūṭ- (kūṭi-)
Kodagu meaning : to sharpen
Tulu : kūṭuni
Tulu meaning : to sharpen
Tulu derivates : kurpu sharpness as of a cutting instrument
Number in DED : 1898
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *krū-r-
Meaning : sharp
Telugu : krūru
Additional forms : Also kūci sharp, pointed, tapering; kūcamu a peg
Number in DED : 1898
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
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