Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: kꜣry

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Gärtner' late MK (EG V, 108)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kiry- ~ *kVw/ʔVr- 'garden, cultivated field' (Akk., Ch. W., Eg.)

Meaning: garden

Semitic: *kiry- 'garden'

Egyptian: *k(ʔ)r(r)y- 'gardener'

Western Chadic: *kVwVr- ~ *kuHVr- 'farm, fields'

Notes: Likely related to *kwr (Ch., Cu.) ~ *ʔkr (Sem.) 'to cultivate', *ʔa/ikkār- 'laborer'(Sem, Eg.)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2559

Proto-Semitic: *kiry-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: garden

Akkadian: kirû (kiriu) 'garden, orchard, palm grove' OAkk. on (CAD k, 411), '(Baum-, Obst-) Garten' (AHw, 485; acc. to von Soden, from Sum.)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *kVwVr- ~ *kuHVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'farm, fields'

Bolewa: koori (Kraft)

Tangale: korok (Jungraithmayr 1992, 102; redupl. <*kVrkVr-)

Pero: kuurì (Frajzyngier 1985, 68)

Kifri=Giwo: kuru (Jung. CLR, II 134)

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