köken: Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (kwrδʾk), ܟܪܝܬܝ (/kurθē/), from Proto-Iranian *kurat-āka-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tá-ka, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”) (referring to a short, cut-off tunic), similar to Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (“skirt”). Cognate with Ossetian курӕт (kuræt). Compare also Classical Persian کرتک (kurtak), Northern Kurdish kurtek,…
tunic (garment worn over the torso reaching from the hips to the ankles) · mantle (body wall of a mollusc) · tunica (membranous structure lining a cavity)
köken: From Latin tunica, either of Semitic or Etruscan origin.
cmn短袍
grcἀμπέχονον, χιτών
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Etimoloji
Possibly of Central Semitic origin as Ancient Greek χῐτών (khĭtṓn), with a metathesis. Compare Aramaic כִּיתּוּנָא (kittōnā, “tunic”) / ܟܘܬܝܢܐ (kuttīnā, kottīnā, “tunic”), Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ, “tunic”); from the word for flax, Aramaic כּיתָּנָא (kittānā, “flax”) / ܟܬܢܐ (kettānā, “flax”), Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”), Sumerian 𒃰 (gada, “flax”), ultimately a substrate word. However, Etruscan…