Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔirq:ʷä- (~ -ʁʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to turn round 2 to roll 3 to be round

Lezghian: el-q:ʷe-z 1

Tabasaran: i-d-irʁ-uz 2

Rutul: ruʁʷa-s 3

Comment: The adjective 'round' is formed from this stem in Lezg. (elq:ʷej) and Rut. (ruʁu-d). In Lezg. el- is a preverb (el-q:ʷe-z = Tab. il-d-irʁ-uz id.). In Rut. cf. also the reduplicated stem ʁʷɨrʁʷa-s 'to walk around; to turn (a wheel)' (with the Ablaut grade *-o-).

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *=irʁwV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to roll, turn round

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *=iʁʷ- / *ʁʷir-

Proto-Lak: =i=hi-

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔiʁ(ʷ)-

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔirq:ʷä- (~ -ʁʷ-)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. In the Western Daghestan area possible derivates from the same root are Av. (Chad.) miʁír (maʁrú-l, maʁrá-l) 'a roller (for rolling roofs)', PGB *ʁɨr-ṭǝna (Gunz. ʁɨrṭǝna, Bezht. Khosh. ʁirṭina) id.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *=iʁʷ- / *ʁʷir-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 to fly 2 to glide 3 to roll

Chadakolob: =oʁ- 3

Andian language: ʁur-d- 2,3

Akhvakh: =iʁ- 1

Chamalal: ʁod- 2,3

Tindi: ʁer-d- 3

Karata: ʁel- (Tok.) 2

Comments: In Chad. the verb is used in a compound (sʷér-ži =óʁ-ži). Avar and Akhvakh reflect stem I (*=iʁʷ-; cf. perhaps also Cham. =eʁ- 'to throw'), other languages - stem II (*ʁʷir-).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: =i=hi-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to roll, glide; to soar

Lak form: =i=hi-n

Comments: Ger. pr. -i-hu-nu. The durative stem is ha-na-n (Khosr. ha-na-n).

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔiʁ(ʷ)-

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to spin round, turn round

Chiragh: iʁ-

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʁwV́rV

Meaning: to turn

North Caucasian: *=irʁwV

Sino-Tibetan: *qʷiǝ̆r

Burushaski: *-úr-

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qʷiǝ̆r

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: turn round

Chinese: 運 *wǝrs to move (around), move, transfer.

Tibetan: ãkhjir to turn round.

Kachin: (H) jin to be turned around, kǝjin to turn around, (Hkauri dialect) kǝwin turn round.

Lushai: vir to rotate, revolve, spin, KC *wir.

Kiranti: *xìr

Comments: Cf. also Lush. vīr to move or go round about; Kulung urma 'go round'. Sh. 43, 409. Tib. ãkhjir may be alternatively compared with Lush. her turn round, screw ( < *ɣĕr).

Chinese characters :

Character: 運

Modern (Beijing) reading: yùn

Preclassic Old Chinese: wǝrs

Classic Old Chinese: wǝnh

Western Han Chinese: wǝnh

Eastern Han Chinese: wǝnh

Early Postclassic Chinese: wɨ̀n

Middle Postclassic Chinese: wɨ̀n

Late Postclassic Chinese: wɨ̀n

Middle Chinese: ɦǜn

English meaning : to move, transfer, activate; (movement >) fate

Russian meaning[s]: 1) двигаться; вращаться; 2) передвигать; перевозить; транспортировать; 3) применять, пускать в ход; 4) судьба; 5) протяжение с севера на юг; 6) Юнь (фамилия)

Comments: Attested already in Yijing, but absent from Schüssler's dictionary. Another loan from the same source is Viet. vần 'move a heavy thing to another place'. Standard Sino-Viet. is vận. For *w cf. Xiamen un⁶, Chaozhou uŋ⁶, Fuzhou oŋ⁶.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6518

Karlgren code: 0458 d

Vietnamese reading: vặn

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 1746

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 運

MC description : 臻合三去問云

ZIHUI: 6663 2219

Beijing: yn 3

Jinan: yẽ 3

Xi'an: yẽ 3

Taiyuan: yŋ 3

Hankou: yn 3

Chengdu: yn 3

Yangzhou: yĩ 3

Suzhou: yǝn 32

Wenzhou: ɦyoŋ 32

Changsha: yn 31

Shuangfeng: uǝn 32

Nanchang: yn 31

Meixian: jun 3

Guangzhou: uan 32

Xiamen: un 32

Chaozhou: uŋ 32

Fuzhou: ouŋ 32

Shanghai: ioŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: yǝn 3

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *xìr(-s)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: turn round

Sunwar: hir-ca go round

Tulung: khir- turn round, twist together

Kaling: kharnä (khardu) turn,spin

Limbu: himā (hisu) turn round, kehibā revolving; khɛ:maʔ 'make circles, whirl'

Kulung: khikhirpa 'round', khirma 'make a circle'

Yamphu: khe:ma 'wind around'

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: hi:maʔ, -hi:s-/-hi:-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vt.

Meaning: 1) turn about, head off and divert, make someone or some animal go in the other direction, turn someone or some animal around 2) pa:n hi:maʔ make a parry (in speech), talk back, be sassy, smart or impertinent; 3) niNwa hi:maʔ, -hi:s-/-hi:-

Comments: 1) mɛndaʔ hisuN I turned the goat around (i.e., I made it go the other way) 2) pa:nle (word-INST) hi:maʔ retort; pa:nle hi:suN I retorted 3) vide -niNwa hi:maʔ (vt.).

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: khikhirpa

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: adj.

Meaning: round, cirular

Nepali: golo.

Yamphu dictionary :

Entry: khe:ma II

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Stem: <khe:s- ; khe->

Grammar: v.tr.

Meaning: to wind something around something else.

Nepali: bernu

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *-úr-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: to turn, revolve

Hunza: -úr-

Nagar: -úr-

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