kpr / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root kpr: cyprinid, giaour, Yom Kippur.

kpr1

To wipe clean, polish, purify, cover.

Yom Kippur, from Hebrew kippûr, atonement, from kippēr, to cover, atone.

kpr2

Common Semitic noun *kapar-, village.

1. Capernaum, from Hebrew kəpar naḥûm, village of Nahum, from kəpar, bound form of kāpār, village (naḥûm, Nahum; see nḥm).
2. giaour, kafir, Kaffir, takfir, takfiri, from Arabic kāfir, unbeliever, infidel (< "villager"), from kafr, village, from Aramaic kaprā, village.

kpr3

Northwest Semitic noun kupr-, henna.

cyprinid; cyprinodont, from Greek kuprīnos, carp, perhaps from kupros, henna (from the fish's color), probably from a Semitic source akin to Ugaritic kpr and Hebrew kōper, henna (perhaps ultimately from kpr1 in the meaning "to wipe, cover" > "to cover with dye").

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