хур
Mongolian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mongolic *kura, compare Dongxiang ghura.
Noun
хур • (hur) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷᠠ (qur-a))
- precipitation (water falling from the atmosphere in any form)
- Synonym: тунадас (tunadas)
Etymology 2
Cognate with Buryat хура (xura) and Kalmyk хур (xur), the same word (without the final vowel) is present in Turkic languages of Central Asia, for example Kazakh құр (qur), these are usually presumed to be Mongolisms, but the direction of loaning could also be reverse.
See also
- сойр (sojr)
Etymology 3
Cognate with Buryat хур (xur), Kalmyk хур (xur), perhaps from Proto-Turkic *kur (“rank, time”), compare Hungarian kor (“age”), a possible Turkic loan.
Adjective
хур • (hur) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠷ (qur))
- last year's
Interjection
хур • (hur)
- Only used in хур хар (hur har)
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- хор (xor) (Digor)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *hwár (compare Persian خور (xōr), Kurdish xor/xur, Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuarə)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar (compare Sanskrit स्वर् (svàr), सूर्य (sū́rya)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (compare English sun, Latin sōl).
References
- Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “хур”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”