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Reconstruction:Proto-Dravidian/kār

This Proto-Dravidian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Dravidian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *karv- (“to burn”), compare Duruwa [script needed] (ker-), [script needed] (kerv-, “to burn”), Kondekor [script needed] (karid, “to burn away as rice”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːr/

Adjective

*kār[1]

  1. black

Derived terms
  • Proto-Dravidian: *karappu

Descendants
  • Southern Dravidian:
  • Central Dravidian:
    • Kolami: కారి (kāri)
    • Southeastern Kolami: [script needed] (karan), [script needed] (karen)
  • Northern Dravidian:
  • → Sanskrit: काल (kāla) (see there for further descendants)

Noun

*kār[2]

  1. blackness

Descendants
  • Southern Dravidian:
    • Tamil: கர் (kar), காரி (kāri), கருமை (karumai)
    • Kannada: ಕಾರ್ (kār), ಕರೆ (kare, “blackness, dark cloud”)
    • Kota (India): [script needed] (kayr, “charcoal, soot”)

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 181, 391.
  2. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 13.
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