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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *var-ai
Meaning : mountain; steep slope
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *var-ai
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *var-ai
Meaning : mountain
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : varai
Tamil meaning : mountain, peak, slope of hill
Tamil derivates : varaiy-āṭu ibex, Hemitragus hylocrius; jungle sheep
Kannada : bare
Kannada meaning : (Hav.) steep slope
Kannada derivates : (Gowda) barE precipice
Kodagu : bare
Kodagu meaning : steep slope
Tulu : bare
Tulu meaning : (B-K) a steep precipice
Proto-Nilgiri : *var-
Number in DED : 5274
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *var-
Meaning : Nilgiri ibex
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : par ōṛ
Additional forms : Also Toda ? par crevice in cliff
Number in DED : 5274
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *wVrV
Meaning: mountain
Borean: Borean
Uralic: *we̮re (*wōre) (cf. also *wara , *wēre)
Dravidian: *var-ai
References: МССНЯ 337, Tyler 115; ND 2515 *waʡrE 'wooded hill, mountain'.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1159
Proto: *we̮re (*wōre)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: mountain
German meaning: Berg
Finnish: vuori (gen. vuoren) 'Berg, Steinberg'
Udmurt (Votyak): vi̮r (S), vǝ̑r (K), vị̑r (G) 'Hügel, Anhöhe'
Komi (Zyrian): ve̮r (S P), vu̇r (PO) 'Wald'
Khanty (Ostyak): wor (V) 'Höhenzug (am Flußufer ?)', wŏr (Trj.) 'Höhenzug am Fluß', or (O) 'Wald, Ödwald'
Mansi (Vogul): wār-nā (TJ) 'in den Tannenwald', wōr-nǝ (K), wɔ̄r-ǝn (So.), wor (P) 'auf die Jagd'
Hungarian: orr 'Nase; Schnauze; Vorderteil, Spitze; nasenartig ins Wasser hineinragender Uferteil, Vorsprung', orom 'Giebel, First; Gipfel, Bergspitze' ?
Kamass: bōr 'Berg, Landrücken'
Sammalahti's version: FU *woori
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : WVRV
Meaning : mountain
Eurasiatic : *wVrV
Afroasiatic : *wVʕr- 'mountain, forest' (Sem., Berb., Cush., Omot., Chad.)
Reference : МССНЯ 337.
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,

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