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Atong (India)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bodo-Garo *kreŋ³ (bone), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ɡ-r(w/j)a(ŋ/k) (bone; skeleton). Cognate with Garo greng.

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Noun

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kereng (Bengali script কেরেং)

  1. bone

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Compare Persian کنگر, Armenian կանկառ (kankaṙ), Ancient Greek κινάρα (kinára).

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Noun

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kereng m or f

  1. artichoke thistle, cardoon, Cynara cardunculus

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kereng”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 308