qer
Definition of qer
1) charcoal, dark, dark colour, peach black 2) obligation 3) debt 4) shout, scream
Other forms
qerej, kara
Etymology
Sanskrit kṛṣṇa "black", andhakāra "complete darkness",
Proto slavonic crna, crne, crnu "black",
Serbian crnom [crnom zemljom "black earth"].
Possibly from PIE *swerd- "dirty, dark, black",
German schwarze,
French charbon "coal; anthrax".
Related words and phrases
qirêj "dirty", qîr "black, coal tar, bitumen", qetran "tar, anthrax", qero "dark skinned boy".
It also exists as a loan word in
Turkish kara "dark, black", katran "tar"
Updated on March 6, 2023