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Where does “گرک” come from?

گرک (Kurdish) comes from Armenian գառ, from Old Armenian գառն, from Proto-Indo-European wr̥h₁ḗn — lamb in general, or more probably only the male,...

گرک (Kurdish): lamb of a black sheep

Definitions

  1. lamb of a black sheep

Ancestry of “گرک”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianգառlamb
2Old Armenianգառնlamb
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwr̥h₁ḗnlamb in general, or more probably only the male,...
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