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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *wVrV
Meaning: mountain
References: МССНЯ 337, Tyler 115; ND 2515 *waʡrE 'wooded hill, mountain'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1159
Proto: *we̮re (*wōre)
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
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-ugr,uralet-kam,uralet-samm2,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *var-ai
Meaning : mountain; steep slope
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *var-ai
Meaning : mountain
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
Number in DED : 5274
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-kod,sdret-kodmean,sdret-tul,sdret-tulmean,sdret-kt,sdret-dednum,
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *var-
Meaning : Nilgiri ibex
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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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : WVRV
Meaning : mountain
Afroasiatic : *wVʕr- 'mountain, forest' (Sem., Berb., Cush., Omot., Chad.)
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,
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