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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kawráh

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps specialized from earlier meaning of “bent” (compare Khotanese [script needed] (kūrä, “crooked, non-existent, false”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kawrás (whence Sanskrit कोर (kora, “a joint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-r-ós, from *kew- (“to bend”).[1] Alternatively borrowed from Proto-Turkic (compare Turkish gözsüz (“blind”)), from *köŕ (“eye”).[2]

Adjective

*kawráh[3][1]

  1. blind

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Proto-Scythian:
      • >? Old Ossetic: *kurmæ (possibly borrowed from or influenced by Turkic; cf. Old Uyghur [Orkhon runes needed] (körmäz, “blind”))
        • Ossetian:
          Digor Ossetian: курмӕ (kurmæ)
          Iron Ossetian: куырм (k°yrm)
      • Wakhi: [script needed] (kur)
    • Sogdo-Bactrian:
      • Khwarezmian: 𐾻𐾶𐿂 (kwr), 𐾻𐾶𐿂𐾻 (kwrk), 𐾻𐾶𐿂𐾺𐾻 (kwryk)
      • Proto-Sogdic:
        • Sogdian: (/⁠kōr⁠/)
          Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫇𐫡 (kwr)
          Old Sogdian script: 𐼋𐼇𐼘 (kwr)
          Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (qwr)
        • Yagnobi: [script needed] (kur)
  • Southeastern Iranian:
    • Ormuri:
      Logar: کور (kor)
    • Pashto: کور (kor)
    • Proto-Sanglechi-Ishkashimi:
      • Ishkashimi: کور (kūr, “blind; blind person”)
      • Sanglechi: کور (kūr)
    • Proto-Shughni-Yazghulami: *kǖr
      • Proto-Shughni-Roshani: *kǖr
        • Sarikoli: kɛwr
        • Shughni: ку̊р (kū̊r), (Bartangi, Khufi, Roshani) кӯр (kūr)
      • Yazghulami: кәр (kər)
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Baluchi: کور (kor)
    • Kurdish:
      Northern Kurdish: kor
      Central Kurdish: کوێر (kwêr)
      Southern Kurdish: کوور (kûr)
      Laki: کوور (kûr)
    • Medo-Parthian:
      • Proto-Komisenian:
        • Aftari: [Term?] (kur)
        • Lasgerdi: [script needed] (kūr)
        • Sangisari: [script needed] (kūr)
      • Old Median: *kawrah
        • Middle Median: *kōr
          • Kermanic: (Badrudi) kür, (Gazi, Kafroni, Kashani, Qohrudi, Sedehi, Vonishuni, Zefrehi) kūr, (Kashani) kur
            Gazi, Kafroni, Kashani, Qohrudi, Sedehi, Vonishuni, Zefrehi: kūr
            Kashani: kur
          • Talysh:
            Anbarani: [script needed] (ku)
          • ⇒ Middle Median: *mūškōr (+ *mūš (“mouse”))
            • Kermanic: (Abuzeydabadi) müškūr, (Hanjani) müšküre, (Yarandi) mīškūr (“moth, bat, blind rat”)
        • Semnani: [script needed] (kūr)
      • Shahmirzadi: [script needed] (kûr)
  • Southwestern Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: (/⁠kōr⁠/)
      Manichaean script: 𐫐𐫇𐫡 (kwr), 𐫞𐫇𐫡 (qwr)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwl)
      • Classical Persian: کور (kōr, kūr)
        • Dari: کور (kur)
        • Iranian Persian: کور (kur)
        • Tajik: кӯр (kür)
        • Northern Tat: [script needed] (kur)
        • → Urdu: کور (kor, kūr)
  • → Old Armenian: կոյր (koyr)
  • → Proto-Turkic:

References
  1. Bailey, H. W. (1979) “kūra-”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 62b
  2. Shaw, Robert (1876) On the Ghalchah Languages (Wakhi and Sarikoli), Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
  3. The template Template:R:ira:ESIJa does not use the parameter(s): 
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