хур
Andi
Avar
Chuvash
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kāŕ, compare Turkish kaz.
Further reading
- “хур”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
Kalmyk
Etymology
From Written Oirat ᡍᡇᠷᠠ (xura), from Proto-Mongolic *qura. Cognate with Buryat хура (xura), Mongolian хур (xur), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χuˈrə/, /χur/
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mongolian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mongolic *kura, compare Dongxiang ghura.
Noun
хур • (xur) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷᠠ (qur-a))
- precipitation (water falling from the atmosphere in any form)
- Synonym: тунадас (tunadas)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Buryat хура (xura) and Kalmyk хур (xur), the same word (without the final vowel) is present in Turkic languages of Central Asia, for example Kazakh құр (qūr), these are usually presumed to be Mongolisms, but the direction of loaning could also be reverse.
See also
- сойр (sojr)
Etymology 3
Cognate with Buryat хур (xur), Kalmyk хур (xur), perhaps from Proto-Turkic *kur (“rank, time”), compare Hungarian kor (“age”), a possible Turkic loan.
Adjective
хур • (xur) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷ (qur))
- last year's
Interjection
хур • (xur)
- Only used in хур хар (xur xar)
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- хор (xor) (Digor)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *húHar, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥.
References
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “хур”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
Yagnobi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *húHar (“the sun”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Compare Persian خور (xôr) and Northern Kurdish xewer.