Kur

From Sumerian 𒆳 (kur, “mountain; netherworld”).

Kur

1. A mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer.
2. In Sumerian mythology, a dark shadowy underworld, located deep below the surface of the earth.

   Synonyms: Arali, Irkalla, Kigal, Kukku

the Kur

1. Alternative form of Kura (“a river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan”).
   • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321:

     In the mountains near Suram is a watering-place called Burjan, to which the Imperial Lieutenant of the Caucasus retires in summer. The river Kur, the ancient Cyrus, takes its rise in that district.

• Kru, Ukr., Urk, rUK

• ꨆꨭꩉ

• IPA^(key): /kur/

Kur

1. Khmer; Cambodia (language, people, or country)

• IPA^(key): [kuːɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

15th century, borrowed from Latin cura.

Kur f (genitive Kur, plural Kuren)

1. treatment at a health resort
2. (now chiefly in compounds) cure, regimen

   Synonyms: Behandlung, Heilbehandlung, Heilverfahren

• Cur (obsolete)

From Middle High German kur(e), variant of kür(e), from Old High German kuri, from Proto-West Germanic *kuʀi. Doublet of Kür.

Kur f (genitive Kur, plural Kuren)

1. (historical) the gathering which elected the emperor (kaiser) of the Holy Roman Empire

• Chur (archaic)

• “Kur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Kur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Kur (Behandlung, Pflege)” in Duden online
• “Kur (Wahl)” in Duden online