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Author = Kulikov, Leonid

Number of Articles: 1
A Cheetah in a Camphor Tree Grove: Etymological Notes on Indo-Iranian Words for Camphor

Leonid Kulikov

Volume 1, 1; Special Issue: Nature in Ancient Iranian Arts and Texts; edited by Helen Giunashvili and Mohammad Amin Mirghaderi , November 2023, , Pages 1-10

https://doi.org/10.22034/hunara.2023.181445

Abstract
  This paper focuses on the etymology of Indo-Iranian words for camphor, particularly on Skt. karpūra-, briefly referring also to Gr. κέρβερος ‘Cerberus’. I argue that this form (of non-Indo-European origin) was modified due to secondary re-etymologization ...  Read More