Cognate Set 60 – Meaning: hunt

IE-CoR reference form:
*skar-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Iranic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Iranic lexemes continuing primary verbal derivatives and light-verb constructions continuing derivatives of Proto-Iranic *skar- 'to pursue, drive'; no known etymology outside of Iranic (Cheung 2007:346).
Found in clades:
Iranic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 8 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
67   Persian: Tehran šekār kardan شکار کردن ʃekʰɒːr kærdæn ʃekɒr kærdæn
55   Parthian iškarēd ʿškryd ɪʃkaɾeːd ʃkareːd "hunt, chase", Past ʿšqrd /iškard-/
63   Mazanderani šekār konde ʃekɒr konde
57   Kurdish C.: Jafi ǝškɑr akāt əʃkɑr ækɑt
62   Tati šekār miyare ʃekar mijære
61   Raji: Barzoki eškạr ạpaxʋe ʔeʃk̠a̠ˁɾ a̠ˁpaχwe eʃka̠ˁɾ a̠ˁpaχʋe
50   Pashto khkar kawal ښکارکول ˈxkar.ka.wəl xkarkaʋəl
64   Balochi: Sistani dārī šekāra kant dɑri ʃekɑræ kænt
References
  • Cheung, Johnny: 346
    S.v. Proto-Iranic *skar- 'to pursue, drive, look for (cattle)', no certain cognates outside of Iranic. Cf. also Middle Persian šklk /škarag/ '(bird of) prey', (+ *u̯i-) wškl /wiškar/ 'hunting-ground, wilderness'.