کارگیر

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian քարուկիր (kʿarukir). Modified by association with کار‎ (kâr, “work”) + گیر‎ (gir, “hold”).

Noun

کارگیر • (kârgir)

  1. a solid structure of stone

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “کارگیر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “քար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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