کر

See also: کژ, گز, گر, and کز

Bakhtiari

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-; compare Northern Kurdish kur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kowr/

Noun

کر (kowr)

1. son
2. boy

Pashto

Noun

کر • (kar) m

1. sowing, planting
2. field

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian kl (karr, “deaf”). Likely related to Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “ear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kar
Dari reading?	kar
Iranian reading?	kar
Tajik reading?	kar

• Rhymes: -ar

Adjective

Dari	کر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кар

کر • (kar)

1. deaf

   Synonym: ناشنوا (nâšenavâ)

   چطور آن را نشنیدی؟ کری؟

   četowr ân râ našenidi? kari?

   How didn't you hear that? Are you deaf?

Derived terms

• کری (kari)
• کر و لال (kar-o-lâl)

Descendants

• → Armenian: քյառ (kʻyaṙ), քառ (kʻaṙ), կյառ (kyaṙ) — dialectal
• → Azerbaijani: kar
• → Uzbek: kar

Etymology 2

Adjective

کر • (ker)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) hidden

Related terms

• کر شدن (ker šodan)
• کر کردن (ker kerdan, ker kardan)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 314-315

Anagrams

• رک

Urdu

Etymology

Inflection of کرنا (karnā, “to do”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəɾ/

Verb

کَر • (kar) (Hindi spelling कर)

1. inflection of کرنا (karnā, “to do”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative