Sino-Tibetan etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *q(h)ār (s-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: star

Tibetan: skar star.

Kachin: šǝgan¹ star.

Lushai: ār-śi star.

Lepcha: să-hór star

Kiranti: *ʔkar

Comments: Kanauri skar'; Mishing tă-kăr; Miri tǝkar; Trung gŭr¹-mĕt¹. Cf. also suffixed forms: Tib. gre a Nakṣatra, Burm. kraj star, LB *[kr]aj. Sh. 42, 125; Ben. 25; Mat. 164. A somewhat similar, but probably different root (*kăr ~ *găr) is reflected in OCh. 建 *kar name of a constellation (Sagittarius); Burm. kan name of a constellation (Virgin).