𐰸𐰆𐰉𐰺𐰀-
kuvra-
Meaning:
come together, assemble
The origin is uncertain. A denominative derivation from a reconstructed *quvur has been proposed. The secure first vowel u makes a direct connection with *qav- difficult unless very early vowel rounding is assumed.
Examples
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Translations
German:
sich versammeln, zusammenkommen
Russian:
собираться, сходиться
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
toplanmaq, bir yerə yığılmaq
Turkish (Türkiye):
toplanmak, bir araya gelmek
Bibliography 5
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Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp.433p.433
kuvra- sich versammeln || toplanmak (s./bk. Mo. quriya-) -
Marcel Erdal (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkicp.64p.64
u: ‘sleep’ is spelled as uv once in U III; uvšat-, uvšan- and uvšal- ‘to crumble (tr. and intr.)’ and uvšak ‘petty’ are, on the other hand, often spelled without v (with ugak ‘mortar’ from the same root), and kuvrat- ‘to assemble (tr.)’ is sometimes spelled as kurat-. Cf. su < suv ‘water’ in DhāSū 36. This would speak for a bilabial pronunciation of /v/ at least after /u/. -
Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languagespp.762–763, *k῾apVpp.762–763, *k῾apV
*k῾apV to bring close, rub against: Tung. *xab-; Mong. *kabi; Turk. *Kab-. PTung. *xab- to rub, wipe off (вытирать): Evk. aw-; Evn. aw-; Neg. aw-; Ul. χāwụ-; Ork. χaw-; Nan. χao-; Orch. au-; Ud. au-. ◊ ТМС 1, 7. PMong. *kabi 1 close to, near 2 to touch, whet (1 близко 2 трогать, точить): WMong. qabi 1, qabira- 2 (L 897, 898); Kh. xavʹ 1, xavira- 2; Bur. xabār, xabada 1; Kalm. xäwə 1, xäwr- 2; Ord. xawʹā, xawā. ◊ KW 178, 179. PTurk. *Kab- 1 to unite, bring together 2 be brought together (1 объединять, собирать 2 собираться): OTurk. qavɨr- 1 (OUygh.), qavɨš- 2 (Yen., OUygh.); Karakh. qavur- 1 (MK, KB), qavɨš- 2 (MK); Tur. kavuš- 2; Gag. qauš- 2; Az. Govuš- 2; Turkm. Govur- 1, Govuš- 2; MTurk. qavuš- 2 (Qutb, Бор. Бад.); Uzb. qɔwuš- 2; Uygh. dial. qavuš- 2; Krm. qavuš- 2; Tat. qawɨš- 2; Bashk. qawɨš- 2; Kirgh. qōš- 2; Kaz. qawɨs- 2; KKalp. qawɨs- 2; Nogh. qawɨš- 2; SUygh. qawɨs- 2; Oyr. qabɨr- 1; Tv. xavɨr- 1; Tof. xabɨr- 1; Chuv. > Danube Bulg. koubraton ‘collector, unifier (of lands)’. ◊ VEWT 216, EDT 585, 588, ЭСТЯ 6, 14-16. OT also has quvra- ‘come together, assemble’, with a rather strange vocalism (see EDT 586 - but modern forms like qura- are not related, being borrowed from Mong. qura-, qurija-). ‖ KW 178, 179, Цинциус 1984, 77-78. A Western isogloss. -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishp.586, kuvra:-p.586, kuvra:-
(D) kuvra:- ‘to come together, assemble’; prima facie a Den. V. fr. *kuvur; the -u- is certain, which makes a derivation fr. *kav- impossible in spite of the semantic connection, unless this is a very early case of labial attraction. Survives in NE Şor kura-, Khak. xura-; NC Kır., Kzx. kura-. Türkü viii bunça: bodun kuvrap yoğladı: ‘so many people assembled and celebrated his funeral’ Ix. 27: Uyğ. viii ff. Bud. uluş bodun alku kuvradı ‘the people of the country all assembled’ PP 71, 2-3; a.o. do. 72, 2; sansız tümen yağı yavlak kuvrap ‘innumerable enemies and bad men assemble’ Kuan. 42. -
M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachenp.295, *kubrap.295, *kubra
*kubra: uig. (Gab.) kuwra-γ, kuvra-k, (br.) kuwrāγ ‘Versammlung, Schar, Gemeinde der Mönche’ (> mo. KWb. 191 quwaraγ, kalm. χowrəG ‘Geistlicher, die Geistlichen, Geistlichkeit’), soj. χūrak, χuvurak ‘послушник, ученик’; uig. (Gab.) kuwrat, kurat, kubrat ‘aufhäufen’
