کارگیر

See also: كاركیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Armenian քարուկիր (kʻarukir). Reshaped by folk etymology as if کار (kâr, “work”) + گیر (gir, “hold”).

Noun

کارگیر • (kârgir)

1. a solid structure of stone

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كاركیر (kârgir), كاغر (kâgir), كاوكیر (kâvgir)
  • Turkish: kârgir
  • → Armenian: քեավկիր (kʻeavkir)
  • → Romanian: gherghir

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 560a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کارگیر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul