مكور

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ك و ر
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مُكَوَّر (mukawwar, rounded).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mkaw.war/

Noun

مكور • (mkawwarm (collective, singulative مكورة f (mkawwra), plural مكورات (mkawwrāt))

  1. cabbage
    Synonym: كرنب (karnab)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مكور.

Noun

مكور • (mekver)

  1. camel-saddle for riding

Further reading

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مكور”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 4870
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مكور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1962