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ковёр

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Usually explained as an early Turkic borrowing (< Proto-Turkic *köbüŕ). Compare Slovak and Czech koberec, Polish kobierzec, archaic Bulgarian губер (guber).

Mikkola, quoted by Vasmer and Karl Brugmann,[1] derives the Russian word from Old Norse kǫgurr (quilt).[2] This derivation is difficult for phonetic and semantic reasons and fails to explain the Czech and Bulgarian cognates.

Unrelated to English cover or French couvert.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈvʲɵr]

Noun

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ковёр (kovjórm inan (genitive ковра́, nominative plural ковры́, genitive plural ковро́в, relational adjective ковро́вый, diminutive ко́врик)

  1. rug, carpet
    • 1820, Александр Пушкин, “Песнь первая”, in Руслан и Людмила; English translation from Roger Clarke, transl., Ruslan and Ludmila, 2005–17:
      Свершились милые надежды,
      Любви готовятся дары;
      Падут ревнивые одежды
      На цареградские ковры
      Sveršilisʹ milyje nadeždy,
      Ljubvi gotovjatsja dary;
      Padut revnivyje odeždy
      Na caregradskije kovry
      Their dreams of fondness were fulfilled,
      all that love offered now was ready.
      Garments, resented and resentful,
      dropped down upon Byzantine rugs

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yakut: көбүөр (köbüör)
  • Yiddish: קאַוויאָר (kavyor)

References

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  1. ^ Mémoires de la société néo-philologique à Helsingfors I., S. 8, cited in Indogermanische Forschungen, Brugmann: „Unter dem Titel Etymologisches weist Mikkola einige neue germanische Wörter im Finnischen nach und deutet slav. kovъrъ (Teppich) aus anord. kögurr.“
  2. ^ Jahresbericht über die Erscheinungen auf dem Gebiete der germanischen Philologie, B. 7, S. 23: „slav. kovъrъ Teppich; an kögurr id

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковер”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress