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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *purka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lasso
Russian meaning: петля, силок, аркан
Evenki: hurka
Even: hụrqъ̣
Negidal: xojka
Ulcha: puča
Orok: pụta
Nanai: pojqa
Oroch: xukka
Udighe: xuka
Comments: ТМС 2, 352-353.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`ŭrVk`V
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: rope, lasso
Russian meaning: веревка, аркан
Turkic: *uruk
Mongolian: *huraka
Tungus-Manchu: *purka
Comments: EAS 53, 125, Poppe 101, Цинциус 1984, 55. A Western isogloss. Despite TMN 2, 87, Щербак 1997, 162, Mong. cannot be borrowed < Turkic; again, despite Doerfer MT 18, TM cannot be < Mong. (all because of archaic *p- preservation both in Mong. and TM). Quite enigmatic is the relationship of this root to synonymous *ŭk`urkV q. v.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *uruk
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 rope 2 lasso
Russian meaning: 1 веревка, бечева, канат 2 аркан
Old Turkic: uruq (OUygh.) 1
Karakhanid: uruq (MK) 1
Turkish: urɣan, urgan 1
Middle Turkic: orɣan (AH) 1
Sary-Yughur: uruq 2
Turkmen: urGan 1
Khakassian: urux 2
Shor: uruq 2
Oyrat: uruq 2
Tuva: uruq 2
Gagauz: urɣan 2
Karakalpak: urqan 1
Salar: urχan, orχan 1
Comments: EDT 215, VEWT 516, ЭСТЯ 1, 585 (confused with *ukruk), 602-603. Some modern forms reflect a secondary derivative *urkan.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *huraka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: lasso, bird net
Russian meaning: аркан, сеть для ловли птиц
Written Mongolian: uriqa, uraqa(n) (L 880)
Middle Mongolian: xuraqa (SH), uruqa (MA 367)
Khalkha: urxi(n)
Buriat: uŕxa
Kalmuck: urxǝ
Ordos: uraxa
Dagur: xuarkǝ (urga Тод. Даг. 171 < lit.), uarehe (MD 230)
Comments: KW 451, MGCD 681. Mong. > Manchu urgan 'lasso' (see Rozycki 219).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṗurVḳV
Meaning: noose
Indo-European: *pork'-
Altaic: *p`ŭrVk`V
Dravidian: *pur-i-
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *pur-i-
Meaning : to curl, twist
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *pur-i-
Proto-Telugu : *pur-i
Notes : B&E put this together with *pir-i- 'to twist', and while both roots really have the same semantics, phonetically the comparison is out of the question, since alternation *i/*u does not exist anywhere in such a context (no other examples of *pir/*pur can be found).
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *pur-i-
Meaning : to curl, twist
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : puri (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to be twisted, curl, turn; n. cord, twine, rope, strand, twist (as of straw), curl, spiral, conch
Malayalam : puri
Malayalam meaning : twisting, string
Malayalam derivates : puriyuka to curl, twist
Kannada : puri
Kannada meaning : twisting, twist, twine, string
Tulu : puri
Tulu meaning : twining, twisting (as threads), coir yarn
Tulu derivates : puripu the twist as of a rope or cord
Number in DED : 4177
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *pur-i
Meaning : twist, strand, twisting
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Dialectal forms (1) : puri
Number in DED : 4177
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