kurr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kurr (“growling”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʏrː/
• Rhymes: -ʏrː

Noun

kurr n (genitive singular kurrs, no plural)

1. coo (murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon)

Related terms

• kurra

Noun

kurr m (genitive singular kurrs, no plural)

1. grumbling

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kurr m

1. boy
2. son, (male) child

   Te çend kurr hene?

   How many boys do you have?

Declension

Declension of kurr

Definite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kurr	kurr
Construct	kurrê	kurrên
Oblique	kurrî	kurran
Demonstrative oblique	wî kurrî	wan kurran
Vocative	kurro	kurrino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kurrek	kurrin
Construct	kurrekî	kurrine
Oblique	kurrekî	kurrinan

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɵr/
• Rhymes: -ɵr

Etymology 1

From the verb kurra (“to rumble”), from Old Norse kurr (“growling”), of imitative origin. The Norse word was borrowed into Middle English curre (“aggressive dog”).

Noun

kurr c

1. a rumble, a slight rumbling sound, usually from the stomach

Declension

Declension of kurr

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kurr	kurrs
	definite	kurret	kurrets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Etymology 2

From Tavringer Romani kura (“to hit, to punch”), from Romani kur- (“to hit, to beat, to fight”). Related to Sanskrit कुट्टयति (kuṭṭayati, “to pound, to strike”).

Noun

kurr n

1. (colloquial) a fight, a scrimmage, a scuffle

Declension

Declension of kurr

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kurr	kurrs
	definite	kurret	kurrets
plural	indefinite	kurr	kurrs
	definite	kurren	kurrens

Derived terms

• råkurr

References

• kurr in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kurr in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kurr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “kurr”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 88