قره

See also: قرة‎, قزة‎, and فرة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”).

Adjective

قره • (kara)

black
‏آق قويونك قره قوزيسى ده اولور‎‎
Aq qoyunuñ qara quzusı da olur.
Even white sheep have black lambs [sometimes].

Synonym: سیاه‎ (siyah)

Alternative forms

قاره‎ (kara), قرا‎ (kara), قارا‎ (kara)

Derived terms

قره باتاق‎ (kara batak, “cormorant”)
قره بوغا‎ (kara boğa, “bull-buffalo”)
قره طاوق‎ (kara tavuk, “blackbird”)
قره قوش‎ (kara kuş, “eagle; spavin”)
قره قوغو‎ (kara kuğu, “black swan”)

Descendants

Gagauz: kara
Turkish: kara
→⇒ Armenian: Կարայան (Karayan)
→ Greek: καρα- (kara-)
→ Macedonian: кара- (kara-)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویلر‎ (boyalar) (layout · text)
آق‎ (ak)	بوز‎ (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل‎ (kızıl); آل‎ (al)	ترنجی‎ (türünci); قوڭور‎ (koñur)	صاری‎ (sarı)
	یشیل‎ (yeşil)
	گوك‎ (gök)	ماوی‎ (mavi)
مور‎ (mor)	افلاطون‎ (eflatun)	پنبه‎ (pembe)

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 957
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1448

Noun

قره • (kara)

alternative form of قاره‎ (kara, “terra firma”)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1448

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