𐰚𐰇𐰼
kür
Meaning:
trick, deceit, ruse
This noun is distinct from the homonymous adjective meaning “bold, courageous”. Its early attestations occur in the synonymous pair with täv.
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Translations
German:
Trug, List, Betrug
Russian:
обман, хитрость, уловка
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
hiylə, aldatma
Turkish (Türkiye):
hile, aldatma
Bibliography 3
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Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp. 443b, s.v. ¹kürp. 443b, s.v. ¹kür
¹kür Trug || hile, yanıltma -
Sergei Starostin, Anna Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003) Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languagesp. 574, s.v. *gùrip. 574, s.v. *gùri
-gùri to slander, go mad: Tung. *gori-; Mong. *gör-; Turk. *Kür; Jpn. *kùrùp-; Kor. *kɨrɨ-. PTung. *gori- to go mad (сходить с ума): Evk. gori-; Nan. Goria-; Ud. guleäla-. ◊ ТМС 1, 161. PMong. *gör- 1 slander, deceit 2 slanderer 3 to slander (1 клевета, обман 2 клеветник 3 клеветать): WMong. gör 1, göre-či 2, görde-, görle3 (L 387); Kh. görč 2, gördö- 3; Bur. gürde- 3; Kalm. görd- ‘to deny’ (КРС 147, 149); Ord. gör 1, gördö- 3, görči 2; S.-Yugh. gördȫ- 3. ◊ MGCD 300. PTurk. *Kür trick, device (трюк, прием, фокус): OTurk. tevlig kürlüg ‘tricky’, tev kür (Orkh., OUygh.). ◊ EDT 735, 745. PJpn. *kùrùp- to become crazy, go mad (сходить с ума): OJpn. kurup-; MJpn. kùrùf-; Tok. kurú-; Kyo. kúrú-; Kag. kùrù-. ◊ JLTT 717. PKor. *kɨrɨ- to be wrong, mistaken (ошибаться, заблуждаться): MKor. kɨrɨ(s)-; Mod. kɨrɨ-. ◊ Nam 67, KED 236. ‖ Martin 246. Korean has a usual verbal low tone. -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishp. 735b, s.v. ²kürp. 735b, s.v. ²kür
VU 2 kür noted only in the Hend. tev kür ‘trick, device’; n.o.a.b.; not to be confused w. küri:, q.v. Uyğ. viii ff. Man.-A M III 9, 1112 (ii) (2 a:r-): Man. M II 5, 8-10 (antağ): Bud. U II 23, 12 (tev).
