kor

kor

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Korean.

From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

kor (plural kors)

1. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
   • 2002, Don Victor Bovey, In Touch With Eternity, page 161:

     Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.

• OKR, ROK, ork, rok

Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kōr).

• IPA^(key): [cor], [cor̥], [t͡ʃor̥]

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kor (comparative daha kor, superlative ən kor)

1. blind

• kar (“deaf”)

kor

1. Alternative form of ka

   Ich ghèa inn kor Baan. ― I'm going to Roana.

• “kor” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

kor f (singulative koren)

1. wax

From Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Stearns argues that the spelling is a misprint for unattested *korn.^[1]

kor

1. wheat
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Kor. Triticum.

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

• IPA^(key): /koːr/, [kʰoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

kor n (singular definite koret, plural indefinite kor)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

• “kor” in Den Danske Ordbog

From earlier korre, from earlier korde.

• IPA^(key): /kɔr/

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• Hyphenation: kor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

kor f (plural korren, diminutive korretje n)

1. a trawl, a dragnet used for trawling over or close to the seabed

• boomkor
• korren
• pulskor

kor

1. first/third-person singular preterite of kiesen
2. first/third-person singular preterite of küren

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).^[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “examples of Turkic cognates?”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkor]

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• Rhymes: -or

kor (plural korok)

1. (often with a possessive suffix) age (a certain period of time in the life of an individual)

   öregkor ― old age

   Hatéves koromban kezdtem zenét tanulni. ― I started music lessons at age six.

2. age (a great period in the history of the Earth)

   bronzkor ― Bronze Age

3. (geology) epoch

   eocén kor ― Eocene epoch

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kor	korok
accusative	kort	korokat
dative	kornak	koroknak
instrumental	korral	korokkal
causal-final	korért	korokért
translative	korrá	korokká
terminative	korig	korokig
essive-formal	korként	korokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	korban	korokban
superessive	koron	korokon
adessive	kornál	koroknál
illative	korba	korokba
sublative	korra	korokra
allative	korhoz	korokhoz
elative	korból	korokból
delative	korról	korokról
ablative	kortól	koroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	koré	koroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	koréi	korokéi

Possessive forms of kor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	korom	koraim
2nd person sing.	korod	koraid
3rd person sing.	kora	korai
1st person plural	korunk	koraink
2nd person plural	korotok	koraitok
3rd person plural	koruk	koraik

The multiple-possession forms are practically nonexistent; the form korai coincides with another lexeme.

• kor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Dutch koor (“choir”), from Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus. Cognate with Afrikaans koor, English choir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr/
• Hyphenation: kor

kor (first-person possessive korku, second-person possessive kormu, third-person possessive kornya)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble.

   Synonym: paduan suara

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay kor.

• koir [kuayer] (Standard Malay)

• “kor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kor

1. do

IPA^(key): /kor/

kor

1. A chorus.

From English corps, from French corps d’armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”).

kor (informal 1st possessive korku, 2nd possessive kormu, 3rd possessive kornya)

1. corps.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian kor.

• korps (“corps”) (Indonesian)

• “kor” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kor

1. to have, gain

   Mana akəs vok à dza, uwana akor gudəŋ à vok gesina, ŋgaha masla adàz gəl aŋha ala la makəɗ gəl à vok aŋha ma? (Mata 16:26)^[1]

   For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? (Matthew 16:26)

• makoray

Cognate with Armenian կույր (kuyr, “blind”) from Old Armenian կոյր (koyr, “blind”). Compare also Persian کور (kur), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwl), 𐫐𐫇𐫡 (kwr), 𐫞𐫇𐫡 (qwr /⁠kōr⁠/, “blind”), Sogdian [script needed] (kwr /⁠kōr⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /koːɾ/
• Rhymes: -oːɾ

kor (comparative kortir, superlative herî kor, Arabic spelling کۆر)

1. blind

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kor”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 332

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus (“chorus”), from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “dance ring, chorus, choir, band of singers and dancers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“enclose”).

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora or korene)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

• kordirigent
• korsanger

kor

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvor

• “kor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hvar.

• IPA^(key): /kʊrː/, /kuːr/ (with a soft r-sound)
• IPA^(key): /kʊrː/, /kuːʁ/ (with guttural accent, also called Skarre-r)

kor

1. how

   Kor mykje skal du ha?

   How much do you want?

2. where

   Synonym: kvar

   Kor er alle saman?

   Where is everybody?

From Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”).

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

kor n (definite singular koret, indefinite plural kor, definite plural kora)

1. choir (singing group)
2. chancel, choir (part of church housing the altar)

• kordirigent

• “kor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Norwegian Nynorsk kor (“how, where”).

• IPA^(key): /kurʲ/

kor

1. where

   Kor ju stannom på gammel ras?

   Where did you stay at yesterday?

2. how

   Kor ju fare leve?

   How is it going with your father?

3. why

   Kor ju ikke paa moja mokka kladi?

   Why do you not bring me the flour?

• kak
• kodi
• куры фра (kury fra)

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge, 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

From Proto-Baltic *kur, from the same Proto-Indo-European stem *kʷu-, *kʷo- as the interrogative pronoun kas. Compare Latgalian kur, Latvian kur, Lithuanian kur.

kor

1. (interrogative) where?
2. (relative) where

• bikor

• IPA^(key): /kuːr/

• Audio (Gotland):

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kor

1. indefinite plural of ko

From Old Swedish kor, from Old Norse kórr, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

kor n

1. chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
2. (dated) a choir (group of singing people)

(in church architecture):

(singing):

• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• ork

Cognate with Persian کر (kar).

kor

1. deaf

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कोटि (koṭi), whence also Tocharian B koṭ.

kor

1. ten million

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH- (“hollow”); compare Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “zero”), Latin cavus (“hollow”), Ancient Greek κύαρ (kúar, “eye of a needle, earhole”).

kor

1. (anatomy) throat

kor ?

1. Alternative form of koṭ (“ten million”)

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “[śūcī- - śū́ra-]”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650

From Ottoman Turkish قور (qor, “glowing coal, ember”), from Proto-Turkic *kōr (“glowing coals”). Akin to köz (“ember”).

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. ember

Inflection
Nominative	kor
Definite accusative	koru
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kor	korlar
Definite accusative	koru	korları
Dative	kora	korlara
Locative	korda	korlarda
Ablative	kordan	korlardan
Genitive	korun	korların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular korum korlarım 2nd singular korun korların 3rd singular koru korları 1st plural korumuz korlarımız 2nd plural korunuz korlarınız 3rd plural korları korları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular korumu korlarımı 2nd singular korunu korlarını 3rd singular korunu korlarını 1st plural korumuzu korlarımızı 2nd plural korunuzu korlarınızı 3rd plural korlarını korlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular koruma korlarıma 2nd singular koruna korlarına 3rd singular koruna korlarına 1st plural korumuza korlarımıza 2nd plural korunuza korlarınıza 3rd plural korlarına korlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular korumda korlarımda 2nd singular korunda korlarında 3rd singular korunda korlarında 1st plural korumuzda korlarımızda 2nd plural korunuzda korlarınızda 3rd plural korlarında korlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular korumdan korlarımdan 2nd singular korundan korlarından 3rd singular korundan korlarından 1st plural korumuzdan korlarımızdan 2nd plural korunuzdan korlarınızdan 3rd plural korlarından korlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular korumun korlarımın 2nd singular korunun korlarının 3rd singular korunun korlarının 1st plural korumuzun korlarımızın 2nd plural korunuzun korlarınızın 3rd plural korlarının korlarının

kor

1. (figurative, by extension) red
   • 2014 September 24, Görkem Gündüz (lyrics and music), “Yeter Ki Susma”, in Uçurumlar Arasında‎^[3], performed by Asena Özçetin:

     Sen dedin: “Tüm öfkenle çık karşıma” / “Bedenimde kor ateşler yak”

     You said, “Confront me with all the anger of yours” / “Set red fires on my body”

• cüruf
• köz

From Proto-Turkic *kur (“rank, stage, row”). Related to now archaic kur (“rank, degree, limit”).

kor (definite accusative koru, plural korlar)

1. (dialectal) order, row, sequence
2. (dialectal) line, strip, grid

• gor (dialectal)

kor (nominative plural kors)

1. choir

• IPA^(key): /koɾ/

kor

1. very

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

Related to Persian کور (kur).

kor

1. blind