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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *kúro(mV)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of clothes
Russian meaning: вид одежды
Turkic: *Kur
Mongolian: *kormaj
Tungus-Manchu: *kurumV
Korean: *korɨm
Japanese: *kǝ́rǝ́mǝ́
Comments: Poppe 1950, 576. A common Altaic cultural term.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kur
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: belt
Russian meaning: пояс
Old Turkic: qur (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qur (MK)
Turkish: kur
Tatar: qur
Middle Turkic: qur (Pav. C., Abush.), qor (AH)
Uighur: qor (dial.)
Sary-Yughur: qur, qor
Khakassian: xur
Oyrat: qur
Yakut: kur
Dolgan: kur
Tuva: qur
Kirghiz: qur
Kazakh: qur
Karakalpak: qur
Comments: VEWT 301-302, EDT 642, ЭСТЯ 6, 150-152, Stachowski 162. Cf. also *kürm- 'to bind' (Sib.-Tat. kürmö, Oyr. kürmä-k, Bashk. kürim 'завязка для борти', see VEWT 311, Лексика 499 - if not < Mong. gürmel, see under *guŕi ).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kormaj
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lap, skirt
Russian meaning: подол, юбка
Written Mongolian: qormai, qormui (L 967)
Middle Mongolian: qormai (HY 22, SH), qormāǝ (IM), qurmi (MA 303)
Khalkha: xormoj
Buriat: xormoj
Kalmuck: xormǟ, xormā
Ordos: xormȫ
Dagur: xuarm(ā), xuaram (Тод. Даг. 178), huareme (MD 165)
Shary-Yoghur: χormī
Monguor: xormǝ̄ (SM 173), (MGCD xurmī)
Comments: KW 188, MGCD 366. Mong. > Evk. kormē̂, see Doerfer MT 94.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kurumV
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of upper clothes
Russian meaning: вид верхней одежды
Evenki: kurmu, dial. kumma 'fur stockings; women's upper garment'
Even: kummēs 'hat, cap'
Literary Manchu: kurume
Nanai: kurme
Comments: See ТМС 1, 174, 431, 437. The Evk. form gurumī reflects a secondary merger with *gurē- 'to unfasten'; Mong. kürme 'upper coat' is most probably borrowed from Manchu (despite Doerfer MT 144, proposing an opposite direction), just like Kor. khurimä id. (see Lee 1958, 119).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *korom
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: clothes string, lace
Russian meaning: тесемка
Modern Korean: korɨm
Middle Korean: korom
Comments: Liu 63, KED 140.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ́rǝ́mǝ́
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: clothes
Russian meaning: одежда
Old Japanese: koromo
Middle Japanese: kórómó
Tokyo: kòromo
Kyoto: kórómó
Kagoshima: korómo
Comments: JLTT 458.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *KUrVmV ?
Meaning: lid, cover
Indo-European: *(s)kʷarm-, *(s)kʷarn-
Altaic: *kúro(mV)
References: ND 1184 *ḲURmV 'to cover' (IE + Mong. < Manch. + Sem.)?
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)kʷarm-, *(s)kʷarn-
Meaning: lid, eye-lid
Slavic: ? *skornьja > OSl skranija `Schläfe'
Germanic: *xwarm-a- m.
Celtic: Gaul > Lat parma `ein kurzer, runder Schild'; Cymr parf-aes `Schild'
Russ. meaning: крышка, веко
References: WP I 506
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xwarma-z
Meaning: lid, eye-lid
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: hvarm-r m. `Augenlied'
Norwegian: kvarm `Einfassung'
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