Buryat

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Noun

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гар (gar)

  1. hand

Even

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tungusic *gara, cognate with Evenki гара (gara), Manchu ᡤᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (gargan), etc.

Noun

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гар (gar)

  1. branch

Lezgi

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Noun

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гар (gar)

  1. wind

Mongolian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *gar.

Commonly connected with Proto-Turkic *kar, *karï (forearm) or Proto-Tungusic *gara (branch, bough). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compare Kalmyk һар (ğar), Dongxiang kha, Daur gary, Kazakh қар (qar), Tuvan кыры (kırı, ulna), Evenki гара (gara), Manchu ᡤᠠᡵᡤᠠᠨ (gargan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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гар (gar) (Mongolian spelling ᠭᠠᠷ (ɣar)); (regular declension)

  1. arm, hand (from the shoulder to the fingers)
  2. (in compounds)
    1. handmade
    2. hand-held
  3. keyboard

Derived terms

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