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k r k

35 lemmas · 9 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular📜 Gen.27.19
Themes:city· مَدِينَة · עִיר·7capital·4walled·3town·3fortress·3
POS shape:noun·24verb·7name·3adj·1

This root is attested across 9 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*k-r-kProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎋𐎗𐎋𐎗𐎋 𐎗 𐎋to dance
Canaanite
Hebrewכָּרִיךְכ ר ךsandwich
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicכַּרְכָאכ ר כwalled city or town, fortress
Syriacܟܪܟܐܟ ܪ ܟwalled city or town, fortress
Assyrian NAܟܵܪܹܟ݂ܟ ܪ ܟto orbit, revolve, circle, circumgyrate, be around
Arabic
Arabicكُرْكِيّك ر كcrane (bird)
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezከርካዕK R Kalmond (fruit and tree)
Amharicከረከረከ ረ ከto be acrid
Tigrinyaኰርኰረከ ረ ከto interrogate

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 3 lemmas
  • karḵānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jer. Gen 49:7Wiktionary ↗
    walled city or town, fortress
  • kirkānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jer. Gen 49:7Wiktionary ↗
    codex, volume, scroll
  • kərāḵānouninferred𐡀 tg. Jer. Gen 49:7Wiktionary ↗
    large mat

Classical Syriac

syc · 3 lemmas
  • karəḵānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    walled city or town, fortress
    Derived from Demotic Egyptian grg or from the root ܟ ܪ ܟ related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כְּרַךְ (kəraḵ).
  • kurkəyānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    kind of bird: crane, goose, (possibly) swift, swallow
    From Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kurkû), from Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kur.gi₄^(mušen)). Also found as Arabic كُرْكِيّ (kurkiyy), an Aramaic borrowing.
  • karkǝḏānānouninferredWiktionary ↗
    rhinoceros
    From Persian کرگدن (kargadan).

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • kārēḵverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to orbit, revolve, circle, circumgyrate, be around
    Cognate to Hebrew כָּרַךְ (karákh).
    2 derivations
  • karḵānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    walled city or town, fortress, citadel
    Inherited from Aramaic כַּרְכָא (karḵā), from either Demotic Egyptian grg or the above root; cognate of Hebrew כְּרַךְ (k'rákh) and Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē). The proper noun is a shortening of ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬ݂ ܣܠܘܿܩ (karḵā d-bēṯ slōq, “Citadel of the Seleucids”).
  • karḵānameattestedWiktionary ↗
    Kirkuk (a historically Assyrian city in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains and historically the capital of Beth Garmai)
    Inherited from Aramaic כַּרְכָא (karḵā), from either Demotic Egyptian grg or the above root; cognate of Hebrew כְּרַךְ (k'rákh) and Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē). The proper noun is a shortening of ܟܲܪܟ݂ܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܬ݂ ܣܠܘܿܩ (karḵā d-bēṯ slōq, “Citadel of the Seleucids”).
  • kirkānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    roll; scroll, codex
    Of the noun pattern 1i23ā, from the verb ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ, “to encircle”) and inherited from Aramaic כִּרְכָּא (kirkā); compare Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ (kérekh) and Akkadian 𒆠𒅕𒆪 (/⁠kirku⁠/, “roll”).
  • karrāḵānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    agricultural manager
    Active noun of the verb ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ).
  • kārōḵānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    tourist
    Active noun of the verb ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ, “to orbit, revolve around”).
    2 derivations
  • kirḵānānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    engine, motor
    Neologism and tool noun derived from the verb ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ, “to spin around, surround, wrap around”).
  • mkarmiḵverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to wrap, enfold, enclose
    Variant from developed from the verb ܟܵܪܹܟ݂ (kārēḵ, “to surround, wrap around”); compare Hebrew כָּרַךְ (karákh).

Hebrew

he · 6 lemmas
  • karíkhnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    sandwich
  • krikhánounattestedWiktionary ↗
    cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)
  • k'rákhnouninferred✡︎ m. Meg. 2:3Wiktionary ↗
    large city, metropolis
    Derived from Demotic Egyptian grg. Compare Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē).
  • kérekhnouninferred✡︎ m. Meg. 2:3Wiktionary ↗
    volume (one book in a series of books)
    Derived from Demotic Egyptian grg. Compare Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē).
  • karákhverbinferred✡︎ m. Meg. 2:3Wiktionary ↗
    to bind (a book)
    Derived from Demotic Egyptian grg. Compare Coptic ϭⲉⲣϭⲏ (čerčē).
  • b'choréchanouninferred📜 Gen.27.19Wiktionary ↗
    singular form of בְּכֹר (b'chór) with second-person masculine singular personal pronoun as possessor, Biblical Hebrew pausal form, Biblical Hebrew pausal form.

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • kurkiyynouninferredWiktionary ↗
    crane (bird)
    Borrowed from Aramaic כּוּרְכְּיׇא / ܟܽܘܪܟܝܳܐ (kūrkəyā), from Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (/⁠kurkû⁠/), from Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (/⁠kur.gi⁠/).
  • kurkiyyadjinferredWiktionary ↗
    gruiform, crane-like
    Borrowed from Aramaic כּוּרְכְּיׇא / ܟܽܘܪܟܝܳܐ (kūrkəyā), from Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (/⁠kurkû⁠/), from Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (/⁠kur.gi⁠/).
  • karkaddannouninferredWiktionary ↗
    rhinoceros
    From Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), from Middle Persian klg (karg, “rhinoceros; horn”) + -dʾn' (-dān, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”); compare with Persian کرگدن (kargadan) and Hindi खाँग (khāṅg).
  • karkandnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    ruby spinel, a precious stone from the spinel mineral
    From an Aramaic cognate of Classical Syriac ܩܪܟܕܢܐ (qarkeḏnā), from Hittite [Term?], like Hebrew כַּדְכֹּד (kaḏkoḏ, “an uncertain gem”), Sanskrit कर्केतन (karketana, “chrysoberyl”), Old Armenian կարկեհան (karkehan, “a red gem”) (borrowed from Parthian *karkaðan, to which also belong Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi…
  • karākāsnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela)
  • krākūfnameinferredWiktionary ↗
    Krakow (a city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole)
    Borrowed from Polish Kraków.
  • karkadīhnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa, and Hibiscus in general)
  • kuwarkātnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    plural of كُوَارْك (kuwark)

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • kärkaʿnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    almond (fruit and tree)
    Compare Tigre and Tigrinya ካዕካዕ (kaʿkaʿ) meaning various tree nuts, probably of imitative origin.

Amharic

am · 3 lemmas

Tigrinya

ti · 2 lemmas
  • kʷärkʷäräverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to interrogate
  • məkʷrəkʷarverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    infinitive of ኰርኰረ (kʷärkʷärä)

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