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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *pir-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'jump'
Mada: pı́rı́ [TMlw]
Munjuk: piri [TMnj]
Buduma=Yedina: fer [LBud]
Musgu: pǝr- [CLR: 211]
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *par-
Meaning: jump
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Central Chadic: *pir-
Beḍauye (Beja): far 'jump'
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *pVr- 'jump'
Saho-Afar: *pVr- 'jump'
Omotic: *fiR-
Notes: Cf. *pVr- 'to fly'.
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

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Bedauye: far
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'jump'
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

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Proto-Agaw: *pVr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'jump'
Bilin: (-) fir y-
Awiya (Aungi): pǝrr-iŋ
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Saho-Afar etymology :

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Proto-Saho-Afar: *pVr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'jump'
Saho: pǝrr
Afar (Danakil): pǝrr
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *fiR-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'jump'
Janjero (Yamma, Yemsa): fil-
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVRV
Meaning : fly
Eurasiatic : *ṗarV
Afroasiatic : *par- (+ *pir- 713)
Sino-Caucasian : *pɨ́rV
Austric : Formosan *(maq)baR 'fly'
Reference : МССНЯ 346; GE 38 *par (+ NC, NS, ?IP, Nahali; most Austric not here).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṗarV
Meaning: fly
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *(s)per-
Altaic: *p`ore ( ~ -i̯-, -ŕ-)
Uralic: ? Khant. pɔr- / pur- 'летать'
Kartvelian: *par- / *ṗar-
Dravidian: *par- (?) ( + *pūr- 'peacock's tail' 1383)
References: МССНЯ 346. ND 1759 *ṗarV 'fly, jump' (with dub. Alt. (TM) and incorrect Drav. *pād_-); 1785a *ṗar(y)V 'to run, flee' (Drav. + Georg. 'escape'); 1786 *[ṗ]ur(y)V 'wing, feathers' (IE + Georg. prte + Drav. pūr- + Alt.). At this point there seems to be not enough evidence to distinguish these three roots (other than Drav. and perhaps TM).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(s)per- (Arm-Gr pt-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: wing, feather
Hittite: partawar n. (r/n) 'Flügel, Schwinge' (Friedrich 164)
Tokharian: B paruwa pl. 'feathers' (Adams 358)
Old Indian: parṇá- n. `pinion, feather, wing'
Avestan: parǝna- 'Feder, Flügel'
Armenian: thir `Flug'
Old Greek: pteró-n n. `Feder, Flügel, Fittich'; ptérük-s, -ügos f. `Flügel'
Slavic: *pero
Baltic: *spar̃-n-a- c., -ā̂ f.
Russ. meaning: перо, крыло
References: WP II 19 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: перо́,
Near etymology: укр. перо́, др.-русск., цслав. перо, болг. перо́ (Младенов 418), сербохорв. пѐро, словен. рẹ́rо, -а; реrо̣̑, -е̑sа, чеш. реrо, рérо, слвц. реrо, польск. pióro, в.-луж. рjеrо, н.-луж. р́еrо.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. sраr̃nаs "крыло, сень (перен.)", лтш. spā̀rns -- то же, др.-инд. parṇám "крыло, перо, сень", авест. раrǝnа- "перо", д.-в.-н. farn "папоротник". Далее связано с пере́ть, пари́ть (Мейе, Ét. 238; RЕS 5, 10; М.--Э. 3, 987; Кречмер, KZ 31, 427). Менее вероятно сравнение с греч. πτερόν "перо крыла", πέτομαι "лечу", др.-инд. pátram, páttram "крыло, перо", д.-в.-н. fedara "перо", вопреки И. Шмидту (Pluralb. 173), Педерсену (Kelt. Gr. I, 90); см. Траутман, ВSW 217; Мейе, там же; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 158.
Trubachev's comments: [См. специально Бенвенист, BSL, 51, 1955, стр. 36. -- Т.]
Pages: 3,243
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *spar̃-n-a- c., -ā̂ f.
Meaning: wing
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: spar̃na-s `Flügel (eines Vögels und allgemein, z. B. der Tür), Schaufel, Blatt', dial. pl. sparnaĩ `Schere am Spinnrad, an beiden Armen der Spulen'
Lettish: spā̀rns, spārna `Flügel, Fittich'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1486
Root: per-2: B. per-, perǝ-
English meaning: to carry over, bring; to go over, fare
German meaning: `hinüberführen oder -bringen oder -kommen, übersetzen, durchdringen, fliegen'
General comments: nicht sicher von per 2: C. zu trennen
Derivatives: poro-s `Zugang', por-mo-s `Fähre', per-tu-s, por-tu-s `Zugang';
Material: Ai. píparti `führt hinüber, geleitet, fördert, übertrifft', Kausat. pāráyati `setzt über' (= pālayati `schützt'), av. par- (mit Präfixen) `hindurch-, hinübergehen', Kaus. -pārayeité, ai. pāra- `hinüberbringend, übersetzend', m. n. `jenseitiges Ufer, Ziel, äußerste Grenze' (dazu pārya- `wirksam'), av. pāra- m. `Ufer; Grenze, Ende';

    arm. hord `begangen, betreten', hordan `fortgehen', hordantam `lasse fortgehen', und heriun `Pfrieme'; thrak. πόρος, -παρα in Ortsnamen = gr. πόρος `Furt';

    gr. περάω `dringe durch', πείρω (πεπαρμένος) `durchdringe, durchbohre' (= ksl. na-perjǫ), διαμ-περής `durchbohrend', περόνη `Spitze, Stachel, Spange'; πόρος `Durchgang, Zugang, Übergang, Furt; Ausweg; Pl. Einkünfte', hom. πορει̃ν `verschaffen', Aor. ἔπορον; πέπρωται `ist, war vom Schicksal bestimmt' (*pr̥̄-), πορεύω `führe, verschaffe', Med. `reise', πορίζω `gewähre Durchgang; verschaffe', πορθμός `Überfahrt, Meerenge';

    alb. pruva, prura `brachte, führte', sh-poroj `durchbohre, durchsteche' (dis- + *pērā-i̯ō), sh-poj, tsh-poj, sh-puay `ds., durchbreche eine Mauer, breche ein' (dis- + *pērei̯ō), sh-pie `führe hin' (*sem- + *perō); pirr(ë) f. `Dorn' (*per-nā) usw.;

    lat. portō, -āre `tragen, führen, fahren, bringen, darbringen', umbr. portatu `portato', portust `portaverit' (*poritō, zu einem Iterativ *porei̯ō);

    got. faran, for `wandern, ziehen', farjan `fahren, schiffen', st. V. ahd. ags. faran, aisl. fara `fahren', schw. V. as. ferian, ahd. ferien, ferren, aisl. ferja `fahren, schiffen'(farjan = *porei̯ō); aisl. fǫr f. `Reise, Fahrt', ags. faru f. `Fahrt, Reise, Zug', mhd. var f. `Fahrt, Weg, Art, Weise' (fem. zu gr. πόρος); aisl. farmr, ags. fearm m. `Schiffsladung', ahd.farm `Nachen' (= russ. porom); dehnstuf. Kaus. as. fōrian, ahd. fuoren, nhd. führen, aisl. fø̄ra ds., ags. (als Iter.) fēran `gehn, ziehen' (= av. pāráyati, aksl. pariti); ahd. fuora `Fuhre, Fahrt usw.', ags. fōr f. `Fahrt, Wagen'; aisl. fø̄rr `fahrbar, geeignet', ahd. gi-fuori `passend, bequem, nützlich'; Verbalabstr. aisl. ferð, ags. fierd, ahd. mhd. fart `Fahrt' (*por-ti-);

    russ.-ksl. na-perjǫ (= πείρω), -periti `durchbohren'; perǫ, pъrati `fliegen'; Iter. pariti `fliegen, schweben' (= ai. pārayati, germ. *fōrjan); pero `Feder'; russ. poróm, skr. prȁm `Fähre' (= aisl. farmr); vermutlich hierher auch aksl. porjǫ, prati `zerschneiden'; über nhd. Farn usw. s. Nachtrag S. 850.

    per-tu-, por-tu-, Gen. pr̥-teus `Durchgang, Furt': av. pǝrǝtu-š m. f. (urar. *pr̥tú-š) und pǝšu-š m. (urar. *pŕ̥tu-š) `Durchgang, Furt, Brücke' (hu-pǝrǝɵwa- `gut zu überschreiten' = `Euphrat'); lat. portus, -ūs `Haustüre' (XII tab.); `Hafen', angi-portus `enge Passage, Nebengäßchen'; daneben ā-St. porta `Stadttor, Tor' = osk. [p]úrtam; illyr. ON Nau-portus; gall. ritu- `Furt' in Ritumagus, Augustoritum, acymr. rit, ncymr. rhyd, corn. rit `Furt'; ahd. furt, ags. ford `Furt' (hochstufig aisl. fjǫrðr `enger Meerbusen' aus *per-tu-s); daneben f. i-St. im nhd. ON Fürth (*furti-).

    Nachtrag zu S. 817:

    Zu ksl. pero `Feder' gehören *por-no- `Feder' in ai. parṇá- n. `Feder, Blatt', av. parǝna- n. `Feder, Flügel', as. ahd. farn `Farnkraut' (*Federkraut), ags. fearn m. ds., lit. spar̂nas, lett. spàrns m. `Flügel' (das s- von der Wz. spher-);

    *prǝti-s in gall. ratis, mir. raith f. `Farnkraut', bret. rad-enn Kollektiv ds.;

    *po-port-i̯o- in lit. papártis, papartỹs `Farnkraut', lett. paparde, paparske ds.; mit Dehnstufe slav. *paparti- f. in russ. páporotь usw. ds.

    WP. II 21, Trautmann 206, Vasmer 2, 313.

References: WP. II 39 f., WH. II 344, Trautmann 206, 215 f.
Pages: 816-817
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`ore ( ~ -i̯-, -ŕ-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: feather, wing
Russian meaning: перо, крыло
Mongolian: *(h)örbelge
Tungus-Manchu: *purakī
Japanese: *pǝrǝ
Comments: The root is not very widely attested, but seems quite reliable.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)örbelge
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: feather
Russian meaning: перо
Written Mongolian: örbelge, örbülge (L 640)
Khalkha: örvölgö
Kalmuck: örwḷgǝ, örwǝlǝg
Ordos: örwölgö
Comments: KW 301.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *purakī
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 wing 2 wing bone 3 feather arista
Russian meaning: 1 крыло 2 кость крыла 3 ость (пера)
Evenki: hurakī 1, 2, 3
Even: hụrịqị 2
Negidal: xọjaxị̄ 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 352.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pǝrǝ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: falcon's wings; underwing feathers of a bird
Russian meaning: крылья сокола; перья под крыльями
Middle Japanese: foro, foro-fa
Comments: JLTT 415.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *par- / *ṗar-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: летать
English meaning: to fly
Georgian: pr-in-; pr-te 'wing' (also ṗar- 'to escape')
Megrel: pur-in-
Svan: ṗer-
Laz: pur-t-in-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 152, 190, EWK 348-349. В МССНЯ 346 сравнивается с ПИЕ *(s)per-, драв. *parV- / *par_V- и др. < ностр. *ṗarV; аналогичная этимология в Бомхард 1996, 147); ср. также ПСК *pɨrV 'летать'.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *par-
Meaning : to run
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *par-i-
Proto-Telugu : *par-
Proto-North Dravidian : *par-c-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *par-i-
Meaning : to run
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : pari (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to run, go out, escape
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to run, proceed; n. motion, speed, rapidity, pace of a horse, a horse; parippu motion; pariyal going fast
Malayalam : pari
Malayalam meaning : horse
Kannada : pari, hari
Kannada meaning : to run, flow, proceed (as work), go away, disappear, be discharged (as a debt); n. moving, running, flowing, stream
Kannada derivates : parike, pariya running; parivu id., flowing, current
Tulu : pariyuni, hariyuni
Tulu meaning : to run, flow
Tulu derivates : aryuni to flow, run (as water); parapuni to flow (as water); parapu flowing, running; ? pari path, way; ? payyerụ horse; payyolụ, payyoli id., riding, galloping; bayyelụ running, riding; bayyoḷi a walk
Proto-Nilgiri : *par-ĭ-
Number in DED : 3963
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *par-ĭ-
Meaning : (horse) gallops; ride at a gallop
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : pary- (parc-)
Number in DED : 3963
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *par-
Meaning : running, a run
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : parugu
Dialectal forms (1) : paruvu
Dialectal forms (2) : parvu
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : parapu "to cause to flow"
Additional forms : Also paruviḍu to run; pāru to run, run away, have a motion of the bowels, purge, (K also) fly (or with 4020)
Number in DED : 3963
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *par-c-
Meaning : to run away
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Malto : parce, parctre
Number in DED : 3963
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pɨ́rV
Meaning: to fly
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *pɨrV
Sino-Tibetan: *phjV̆r
Burushaski: *pVrík
Comments and references : Bur. has pr- instead of phr- because of aspiration neutralization within a cluster. In ST cf. also cf. also *Pŭr (~-ɨ̆r) 419. HGC 19, NSC 61 *pUrV, WFR 1.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *pɨrV
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to fly, flight
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *par-pV-/*par-χ:V-
Proto-Tsezian: *par- ( ~ -ɔ-)
Proto-Lezghian: *pVr-
Proto-West Caucasian: *pǝrǝ
Notes: An expressive root; however, there are no doubts in its NC antiquity (see Trubetzkoy 1930, 279). The Av. form has been borrowed into Lak. (parχ učin 'take wing') and Darg. (parχ-buqi arces id.), possibly also into Arch. (parχ-bos).
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *par-pV- / *par-χ:V-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: flutter 1 fly, fly up
Avar: pár-
Comments: The Av. root is present in forms: pár-p-ad-ize 'to flutter,fly', pár-χ:-ine 'to fly, fly up' (the first is probably reduplicated, the second contains an expressive suffix).
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *par- ( ~ -ɔ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to wave, sway, heave
Bezhta: par-ƛ- (Tlad.)
Comments: Attested only in Bezht. (cf. also Khosh. par-ƛ- id.), but having probable external parallels.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *pVr-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 fly 2 take wing
Lezghian: purr avun 2
Tabasaran: purr aṗub 2
Budukh: pɨr pɨr siʔi
Archi: parχ bos 1
Udi: pur pesun 1
Comment: An expressive root, but obviously very archaic. Most Lezghian forms point to PL *pur or *por; the Arch. form parχ may have been influenced by Avar. parχ:ine.
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝrǝ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fly (v.)
Abkhaz: a-pǝ́r-ra
Abaza: pǝr-ra (Ashkh.)
Ubykh: pǝr-
Comments: PAT *pǝrǝ; Ub. 1 p. sǝ-pǝ́rǝ-n.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *phjV̆r
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: fly
Chinese: *phar to fly.
Tibetan: ãbjer (p., i. bjer) to disperse in flight, to flee in different directions.
Kachin: pjen1 to fly.
Kiranti: *bhèr
Comments: PG *pjurL to fly; BG: Dimasa bur, Garo bil, Bodo bir to fly; Miri ber; Bahing byer; Trung biel. Cf. *b(h)ŭr : perhaps one root with expressive changes.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: fān
Preclassic Old Chinese: phar
Classic Old Chinese: phan
Western Han Chinese: phan
Eastern Han Chinese: phwan
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwan
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwǝn
Middle Chinese: phwǝn
English meaning : to fly
Russian meaning[s]: 1) порхать; кувыркаться, перевертываться; 2) перевертывать, опрокидывать; перелистывать; закатывать (глаза); 3) переводить; расшифровывать; 4) перелицовывать; обновлять(ся); 5) счетный суффикс для явлений природы
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 124
Four-angle index: 3314
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2370
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山合三平元敷
ZIHUI: 5064 1649
Beijing: fan 11
Jinan: fã 11
Xi'an: fã 11
Taiyuan: fä̃ 1
Hankou: fan 11
Chengdu: fan 11
Yangzhou: fɛ̃ 11
Suzhou: fe_ 11
Wenzhou: fa 11
Changsha: fan 11
Shuangfeng: xuã 11
Nanchang: фuan 11
Meixian: fan 11
Guangzhou: fān 11
Xiamen: huan 11
Chaozhou: hueŋ 11
Fuzhou: xuaŋ 11
Shanghai: fe_ 1
Zhongyuan yinyun: fan 1
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *bhèr
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: fly
Sunwar: ber-ca
Kaling: bhernä (bheru)
Limbu: pɛmā (pɛrā) (with irregular ɛ)
Dumi: bjernɨ
Kulung: perma
Yamphu: pe:ma
Comments: Toba 90 *pre-.
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-sun,kiret-kal,kiret-lim,kiret-dum,kiret-kul,kiret-yam,kiret-notes,

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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: pɛ:maʔ, -pɛ:r-/-pɛ:-
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi.
Meaning: fly
Comments: cf. phɛ:maʔ.
limet-prnum,limet-pspeech,limet-meaning,limet-comments,

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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: byernɨ
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: vi-3 byir-byer
Meaning: fly
Nepali: uḍnu.
dumet-prnum,dumet-pspeech,dumet-meaning,dumet-nepali,

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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: perma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: vi-1 [1: per-]
Meaning: fly
Nepali: uḍnu.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,

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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: pe:ma
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Stem: <pe:s- ; pe:->
Grammar: v.intr.
Meaning: to fly
Comments: pe:bukma to fly away.
Nepali: uḍnu
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *pVrík
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: to hop, jump, leap
Yasin: prik dél-
Hunza: prik dél-
Nagar: prik dél-
Comments: Sh. prik d-
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,buruet-notes,

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