kaaren

See also: kåren

Estonian

Kaaren (Corvus corax)
Kaarna leviala

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *karnëh, from Proto-Uralic *karne, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish kaarne, Livonian kārnaz, Võro kaarna, kaarnas, kaarnõq, kaarnõh, Ingrian kaarne, Veps karniš (crow), Karelian koarneh, Livvi kuarneh; Northern Sami gáranas, Inari Sami káránâs, Skolt Sami käärnõs (from Proto-Samic *kārënës); Erzya кренч (kŕenč), Moksha кранч (kranč), Eastern Mari курныж (kurnyž), Udmurt кырныж (kyrnyž), Komi-Zyrian кырныш (kyrnyš), Tundra Nenets харна (xarna), харӈэˮ (xarŋeq), Mator [script needed] (karguj). Phonetically similar terms for corvids can be found in Indo-European languages, compare Latin corvus (raven), cornix (crow), Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, crow). Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːren/, [ˈkɑːren]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːren
  • Hyphenation: kaa‧ren

Noun

kaaren (genitive kaarna, partitive kaarnat)

  1. raven (Corvus corax)
    1. A large, all black metallic bird native to the northern hemisphere.
      Kaaren kaarna silma välja ei noki. (Estonian proverb)
      A raven won't pick out the eye of another raven.
      Synonyms: ronk, (dialectal) korp
    2. (figuratively) A greedy person.

Declension

Declension of kaaren (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaaren kaarnad
accusative nom.
gen. kaarna
genitive kaarnate
partitive kaarnat kaarnaid
illative kaarnasse kaarnatesse
kaarnaisse
inessive kaarnas kaarnates
kaarnais
elative kaarnast kaarnatest
kaarnaist
allative kaarnale kaarnatele
kaarnaile
adessive kaarnal kaarnatel
kaarnail
ablative kaarnalt kaarnatelt
kaarnailt
translative kaarnaks kaarnateks
kaarnaiks
terminative kaarnani kaarnateni
essive kaarnana kaarnatena
abessive kaarnata kaarnateta
comitative kaarnaga kaarnatega

Synonyms

Compounds

  • kaarenmust
  • kaarnakarva
  • kaarnakivi
  • kaarnapoeg

References

Finnish

Noun

kaaren

  1. genitive singular of kaari

Anagrams

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