Talk:کته

Etymology of Afghan Persian katta

Is it known that it comes from Turkic, as the page currently claims? The only Turkic language that seems to have this word is Uzbek (katta), while it appears to have cognates in Mazanderani گته (gate), dialectal Iranian Persian گت (gat), and Pashto کټه (kaṭá), غټ (ǧaṭ). Additionally, Uzbek Wiktionary states that its origin is Sogdian. Samiollah1357 (talk) 22:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Upon further research, I have come across the article The Fingers and their Names in the Iranian Languages, which concludes that it uncertain whether it is of Iranian or Turkic origin:

It has been suggested that some or all the Ir. kata-forms are due to the influence of Eastern Turkish languages, particularly Uzbek. However, how the relevant forms in Eastern Turkish are linked to each other is by no means clear; an Ir. ultimate origin is not to be excluded for them, as suggested by Oranskij, who points to an OIr. base *katā̑na-. (...) Whatever may be the origin of the kata-forms in Iranian and Central Asian languages, this lexical cluster seems to represent an areal feature with a wide diffusion.

Samiollah1357 (talk) 23:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)