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)

son
boy

Pashto

Noun

کر • (kar) m

sowing, planting
field

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ/

(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


Iranian Persian	کر
Dari	کر
Tajik	кар

کر • (kar)

deaf
Synonym: ناشنوا (nâšenavâ)

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)

(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)

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