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Proto-Altaic: *kărV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of bird
Russian meaning: вид птицы
Turkic: *K(i)ar-
Mongolian: *kar-
Tungus-Manchu: *kara-
Comments: A Western isogloss. See Лексика 175, Pelliot HMP 573 (Doerfer TMN 3, 499: "unsicher"). Like many bird names, the root is expressive and probably onomatopoetic in origin.
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