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curr

Pronunciation: /t͡sur/

“curr” is an Albanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to prick up (ears)

adjective

  1. having small ears, having clipped ears

noun

  1. person or animal with clipped ears
  2. high rock, high cliff, tall crag

Etymology

Same as the other etymology below, cognate to Armenian սուր (sur, “sword”) and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hairus), from Proto-Indo-European *k'ōros, ultimately from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). The unified meaning between two etymologies would have been a "sharp cut".Alternatively, a phonetic and semantic variant of thurr.

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