Protoform: *ḳortV (~ -a-)
Meaning: 1 temple (of head) 2 hair in horse's mane
Chadakolob: kart 2
Chamalal: ḳart 1
Tindi: ḳ́atu 1
Botlikh: ḳarti 1
Comments: Cf. also Botl. ḳarta-χ:u 'dishevelled (hair)'. In Av. there occurred an assimilation (kart < *ḳart). Av. paradigm C (kartí-l, kárta-l); in plural the word also means 'mane'.
