Where does “كور” come from?

كور (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian کور, from Middle Persian kwl.

كور (Ottoman Turkish): blind

Definitions

  1. blind

Ancestry of “كور”, step by step

كور traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian کور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکورblind
2Middle Persiankwl—

via Proto-Turkic kü-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkickü-to force, to be powerful

Words derived from “كور”

Every word from Middle Persian kwl →Every word from Persian کور →