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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`írù
Meaning: saddle
Russian meaning: седло
Turkic: *kürtün
Mongolian: *kira
Korean: *kìrɨ́má
Japanese: *kúrà
Comments: An interesting common Altaic cultural term. In Turkic one has to suppose secondary labialization (*kürtün < *kirtün); otherwise correspondences are quite regular.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *kür-tün
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: pack saddle
Russian meaning: вьючное седло
Turkish: kürtün
Tatar: kürčen (dial.)
Middle Turkic: kürtün (AH)
Comments: VEWT 311, Лексика 540.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kira
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: rim of saddle bow
Russian meaning: край седельной луки
Written Mongolian: kira (L 470)
Khalkha: x́ar
Comments: Cf. IM korǯe (=kürǯe) `saddle bow'; the word is also glossed as 'shovel' which is a reflex of the Turkic loanword kürǯe; but the meaning 'saddle bow' is quite peculiar and may represent a different lexeme.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kìrɨ́má
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: saddle
Russian meaning: седло
Modern Korean: kilma
Middle Korean: kìrɨ́má
Comments: Nam 78, Liu 113, KED 280.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kúrà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: saddle
Russian meaning: седло
Old Japanese: kura
Middle Japanese: kúrà
Tokyo: kurá
Kyoto: kúrà
Kagoshima: kurá
Comments: JLTT 464. The accent in Kagoshima is irregular.
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