# کره
## Khalaj
### Noun

کَره (kara, kərə) (definite accusative کَره‌نی or کَره‌نؽ, plural کَره‌لَر or کَره‌لار)
* Arabic spelling of kara, kərə (“butter”)

#### Declension
## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *karag. Related to Middle Armenian կարագ (karag) and Arabic كَرَج (karaj).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ka.ˈɾa]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰä.ɾǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰä.ɾǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰä.ɾǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰä.ɾǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰʲæ.ɹé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰä.ɾǽ]

#### Noun

کره • (kare) (plural کره‌ها (kare-hâ))
* butter
    کره تازه ― kare-ye tâze ― fresh butter
* mouldiness, mustiness

##### Derived terms

* کره‌ای (kare-'i)
* کره گیری (kare giri)
* کره‌ ساز (kare sâz)
* کره‌ سازی (kare sâzi)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: kərə
* → Khalaj: kara

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كُرَة (kura).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ku.ˈɾa]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊ.ɾǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊ.ɾǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰʊ.ɾǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰu.ɾǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰo.ɹé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰu.ɾǽ]

#### Noun

کره • (kore) (plural کرات (korât) or کره‌ها (kore-hâ))
* globe, sphere
* planet
    Synonym: سیاره (sayâre)

##### Derived terms

* خاک‌کره (xâk-kore, “geosphere”)
* زیست‌کره (zist-kore, “biosphere”)
* سنگ‌کره (sang-kore, “lithosphere”)
* نیمکره (nimkore, “hemisphere”)
* کره زمین (kore-ye zamin, “planet earth”)

### Etymology 3

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kwlk' /⁠kurrag⁠/, “colt”), from Old Iranian *kurna-ka-, a derivative of the Proto-Iranian root which gave Bakhtiari کر (kowr), Northern Kurdish kur (“boy, son”). Cognate with Northern Kurdish kurrik, Zazaki kurrî, kirrêk, kirri, kurik, kurrik, Talysh kırə, and akin to Middle Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak), Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak), քուռիկ (kʻuṙik), Aghwan 𐕣𐕒𐕡𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕄 (kuruḳ), Georgian ქორაკი (koraḳi), კურაკი (ḳuraḳi), კურატი (ḳuraṭi), კურიჰკაჲ (ḳurihḳay), კურიკაჲ (ḳuriḳay), კურია (ḳuria), ქვირანაჸი (kviranaʾi), ქვირა (kvira), კურო (ḳuro), Arabic كُرَّج (kurraj), Iranian borrowings.
Ultimately perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European and cognate with Hittite [script needed] (kurka-, “foal, colt”), Hesychian Ancient Greek κύρνος (kúrnos, “bastard son”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [kuɾ.ˈɾa]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊr.rǽ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰʊr.rǽ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰʊr.rǽ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰur.rǽ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰoɹ.ɹé]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰuɾ.ɾǽ]

#### Noun

کره • (korre) (plural کره‌ها (korre-hâ))
* colt, foal

##### Derived terms

* کره اسب (korre asb)

#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուռակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 594
* Bielmeier, Roland (1993) “Das Alanische bei Tzetzes”, in W. Skalmowski and A. van Tongerloo, editors, Medioiranica: Proceedings of the International Colloquium organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from the 21st to 23rd of May 1990 (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 14–15, footnote 15
* Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 375
* Puhvel, Jaan (1997) “kurka-”, in Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 14), volume 4, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 267–268

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic كَرْه (karh).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [kaɾh]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰäɾʰ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [kʰäɾʰ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [kʰäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [kʰäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰʲæɹʰ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [kʰäɾʰ]

#### Noun

کره • (karh)
* aversion, dislike
    Synonyms: بیمیلی (bi-meyli), اکراه (ekrâh)

##### Related terms

* کرهاً (karhan, “reluctantly”)

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from French Corée.

#### Pronunciation

* (Iran, formal) IPA: [kʰo.ɹe]

#### Proper noun

کُرِه • (kore)
* (chiefly Iran) Korea (a country in East Asia, now divided in two)

##### Derived terms

* کُرِه‌ای (kore'i, “Korean”)
* جُمْهوریِ دِموکْراتیکِ خَلْقِ کُرِه (jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e xâlq-e kore)
* جُمْهوریِ کُرِه (jomhuri-ye kore)
* شِبْه‌ِجَزیرِهٔ کُرِه (šebh-e-jazire-ye kore)
* کُرِهٔ جُنوبی (kore-ye jonubi)
* کُرِهٔ شُمالی (kore-ye šomâli)