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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *nèra
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: thin, flat
Russian meaning: тонкий, плоский
Turkic: *jAr-
Mongolian: *nari-n
Tungus-Manchu: *ner- / *nar-
Korean: *jǝ̄rp- ( < *njǝ̄r-p- ?)
Japanese: *nàràs-
Comments: If the Korean form is related here, it must be one of the irregular cases of *n- lost in front of -j-, -i- already in Middle Korean; however, since the -jǝ- diphthong is also not quite regular, the Korean match is rather questionable.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jAr-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 thin, lean 2 poor 3 flat
Russian meaning: 1 тонкий, тощий 2 бедный 3 плоский
Old Turkic: jarlɨɣ 2 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: jarlɨɣ 2 (MK)
Tatar: jarlɨ 2
Middle Turkic: jarlɨɣ 2 (R., Буд.)
Turkmen: jarlɨ 2 (dial.)
Oyrat: jartɨčaq 3
Tuva: čarɨɣ-da- 1
Kirghiz: ǯarō 1, ǯardɨ, ǯarlɨ, ǯarɨlɨ 2
Kazakh: žara- 1, žar(ɨ)lɨ 2
Noghai: jarlɨ- 2
Bashkir: jarlɨ 2
Balkar: žarlɨ, zarlɨ 2
Karaim: jarlɨ 2
Karakalpak: žarlɨ 2
Kumyk: jarlɨ 2
Comments: EDT 967, VEWT 189, 190, ЭСТЯ 4, 143, Лексика 334-335. The most widely spread form, attested since Old Uyghur, is *jar-lɨ(g) 'poor'; the evidence of Oyr., Tuva, Kirgh. and Kaz., however, suggests the existence of a primary stem *jar(ɨ)- 'thin, lean'. Turk. > Hung. gyarló 'sinful' (< *jarlɨɣ), see Gombocz 1912.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *nari-n
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Written Mongolian: narin (L 566)
Middle Mongolian: narin (SH, MA), narǝn (IM) , nārīn (LH)
Khalkha: narīn
Buriat: narin
Kalmuck: närṇ
Ordos: narīn
Dongxian: narunni
Baoan: naroŋ
Dagur: narin (Тод. Даг. 156), narien (MD 195)
Shary-Yoghur: narǝn
Monguor: narin (SM 258), narǝŋ
Mogol: nōrin (Ramstedt 1906)
Comments: KW 273, MGCD 501, TMN 1, 513. Mong. > Chag. narin (see TMN 1, 515).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ner- / *nar-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 lean 2 thin 3 weak
Russian meaning: 1 худой 2 тонкий 3 слабый
Evenki: ńurkūn 1, 2
Spoken Manchu: narǝhun 'fine, thin, exact'(2408)
Literary Manchu: ńere 2, 3, nar-χun 2
Jurchen: nar-gi 'narrow' (670)
Comments: ТМС 1, 585-586, 649, 654-655. Doerfer TMN 1, 515, MT 138, Rozycki 161 regard Man. narxun as borrowed < Mong. (cf. Mong. nari-qan 'rather fine, thin, slender'), which is somewhat dubious, but not entirely excluded.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *jǝ̄rp-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Modern Korean: jǝ̄lp-, jālp-
Middle Korean: jǝ̄rp-
Comments: Nam 376, KED 1182.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *nàràs-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to make even, flat
Russian meaning: выравнивать, сглаживать
Old Japanese: naras-
Middle Japanese: nàràs-
Tokyo: narás-
Kyoto: nàràs-
Kagoshima: nàràs-
Comments: JLTT 732. Kyoto points to *nàrás-, but RJ and Kagoshima rather to *nàràs-.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *nErV
Meaning: thin
Indo-European: *ner-
Altaic: *nèra
Uralic: *ńärpä (Coll.) 'thin (not dense), sparsed'; + FU *ńäre 'young, weak, raw, unripe'?
Kartvelian: Georg. narnar- 'zart, fein, sanft'
Dravidian: *nēr- (cf. also SDr *nar- 'deficient, stunted, lean')
References: ND 1560 *n̄ar[ü] 'thin, narrow' (Alt.-IE); 1612 *ńäpVrV 'tender, delicate' (Ural. *ńärpä + ?SDr navur- + Eg.?); 1624 *ńär.E 'unripe, tender, weak' (Manch., Georg from the same root as 1560 + Ur. *ńäre + Drav. + Omot.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *nArǝw-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: narrow, a narrow place
Baltic: *nar̂-t-a- c., *nar̃-w-a- c., *nar-w-ā̂ f.
Germanic: *narw-a- adj., *nirw-a- adj.; *narw-ō(n-) f., *narw-an- m.
Russ. meaning: узкий, узкое место
References: WP II 699 f
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *nar̂-t-a- c., *nar̃-w-a- c., *nar-w-ā̂ f.
Meaning: edge, corner
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: nárta-s `Ecke, Winkel', nar̃va-s, narvà `Zelle der Bienenkönigin, Vogelkäfig, Vogelbauer'
Comments: Maybe here Lett nãrs, nāre `Klammer der Tischler; Hobelbank'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *narwa-, *nirwa-; *narwō(n), *narwēn
Meaning: narrow
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: *nɔr-r `enge, schmal': Nɔrva-sund `Gibraltar', Njɔrva-sund `ON (schmale Landzunge)'
Norwegian: norve `Klammer, Krampe'
Old English: nearu `eng'
English: narrow
Old Saxon: naru `eng'
Middle Dutch: bynāren `benauwen'; Kil. nerve, narve `litteken', nerve `nerf van leer, korst op het hoofd van pasgeboren kinderen'
Dutch: naar adj.; nerf f. `oneffenheid in leer, hout' (e < a voor r + labiaal)
Middle Low German: nāre, narwe m., f. ƛ̣litteken'
Old High German: narwa f. (Hs. 12. Jh.) `litteken; hengsel'; narwo m. `ansa, fibulatura'
Middle High German: narwe, nare, nar wk./st. f., wk. m. 'Narbe'; EaHG Nerge 'kuhrische Nehrung', Neerung (16.Jh.), näring, Nehrung (17.Jh.)
German: Narbe f.; Nehrung `schmale Landzunge'; dial. Narbe `Klammer, Krampen an Türen'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1809
Root: (s)ner-2
English meaning: to turn, wind, etc.
German meaning: `drehen, winden (auch von Fäden und Flechtwerk), zusammendrehen, zusammenschnüren; sich zusammenwinden, einschrumpfen'
General comments: vielleicht Erweiterung zu snē- ds.
Material: Ai. nŕ̥tyati `tanzt', nr̥tí- f. `Tanz, Spiel', nr̥tú- `tanzend', narma- n., narmá- m. `Scherz', naríṣṭā f. ds., usw.; miran. nār- `fassen'(Persson Beitr. 816a 1);

    gr. νάρναξ κιβωτός Hes. (und inschriftlich), woraus dissim. λάρναξ `Kasten, Kiste, Gefäß'; durch Weitergreifen dieses dissim. Wandels auch *νάρκος (von der k-Erweiterung, s. unten), noch erhalten in ναρκίον ἀσκός Hes., zu λάρκος `Korb';

    as. naru, ags. nearu, engl. narrow `eng' (*nar-wa- eigentlich `zusammengeschnürt'), aisl. inNǫrva-sund `Gibraltar' (daneben Niǫrva-sund und nhd. Nehrung `schmale Landzunge' aus *ner-wa-), ahd. narwa f., narwo m. `Narbe' (d. i. `zusammengezogene Wundränder'), auch `ansa, fibulatura', nhd. Narbe dial. auch `Klammer, Krampen an Türen' wie norw. norve `Klammer, Krampe' (und lett. nãrs, nāre `Klammer');

    nhd. bair. der-narren `starr werden, besonders vor Frost' (`*sich zusammenziehen, -krampfen'), narr `mißratene verschrumpfte Frucht', narr (schweiz.) krampfartige Spannung', narrennagel `unförmig ausgewachsener Nagel'; schwundstufig (mit s-) nhd. schnurren, ein-schnurren, -schnorren `zusammenschrumpfen', isl. snurða `Knoten an einem Faden, bildlich vom Nasenrümpfen';

    dehnstufig aisl. nāri `Weichen' (`Einschnürung des Leibes'), mhd. nǣrlich `knapp, genau, jung' und mit Abtönung aisl. Nōri `Zwergname', nōr n. `enge Bucht, Sund', dän. schwed. nōr `Knirps, ganz kleines Kind';

    wahrscheinlich ahd. snuor `Schnur, Band, Seil', dän.-schwed. snōr ds., got. snōrjō `geflochtener Korb', ags. snēr (*snōri̯ō) `Saite einer Harfe', aisl. snø̄ri n. `gedrehtes Seil';

    lit. neriù, nérti `untertauchen, einschlüpfen, einfädeln', nyrù, Prät. niraũ, nìrti `sich schlängeln, ranken', íšnìrti `sich verrenken', nãras `Taucher', narỹs `Schlinge; Gelenk, Glied'; lett. nãrs, nāre `Klammer';

    russ. nerët, neretó `Art Fischreuse';

    hierher gehört ner-3, oben S. 766.

    Erweiterungen:

    sner-b- mit germ. p: norw. dial. snerpa st. V. `einschrumpfen, sich zusammenziehen', ahd. (bi-, fir-) snerfan `den Mund zusammenziehen, die Miene verfinstern', bair. schnurfen `sich einziehen, schrumpfen' = norw. snurpa `fälteln, lose zusammennähen', norw. snerp `Haut auf der Milch'.

    sner-g-: ags. sneorcan st. V. `einschrumpfen', norw. snerka, snyrkja ds., snerk(e) m. `dünne Haut auf der Milch', aisl. snerkja (*snarkian) `zusammenziehen, runzeln'.

    (s)ner-k-: Arm. nergev `tenuis, gracilis' (`*zusammengeschnürt oder eingeschrumpft');

    gr. νάρκη `das Erstarren, Krampf, Lähmung; Krampfrochen', ναρκα̃ν `erstarren' (s. auch oben über νάρκιον, λάρκος); ahd. sner(a)han (st. V.) `schlingen, knüpfen, binden', mhd. snërhen `knüpfen, binden, zusammenziehen', ahd. snar(a)ha `Schlinge', aisl. snara (*snarhōn) `schlingen, knüpfen, winden', snara f. `Schlinge' (skand. Lw. ist ags. snēare f. `Schlinge'), snarr `rasch, scharf', mnd. snarlīken Adv. `schnell, bald', ags. snierian `eilen' aus *snarhian (`schnell' aus `was sich dreht, schnell wendet').

References: WP. II 699 ff., WH. II 165, Trautmann 197, Vasmer 2, 213 f.
Pages: 975-977
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *nēr-
Meaning : thin
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *nēr-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *nēr-
Meaning : thin, lean
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : nēr (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to grow thin, lean, be emaciated, be soft, yield to the touch; n. minuteness, smallness, fineness, slenderness
Tamil derivates : nērmai fineness, thinness, minuteness
Malayalam : nēr
Malayalam meaning : thin, delicate
Malayalam derivates : nēruka to be fine; nērkka to become thin, fine; nērcca fineness; nērppu fineness, thinness, liquefaction; nērppikka to make thin, fine, attenuate; nērmma fineness, softness, delicacy; nēriya fine, thin (as cloth, flour)
Tulu : nērè
Tulu meaning : thin, delicate
Tulu derivates : nērmè, nervè fine, thin, delicate
Number in DED : 3771
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