txakur

== Basque == === Alternative forms === txakhür (Soule) xakur (Upper Navarre, Navarro-Lapurdian) === Etymology === First attested in 1571, originally a diminutive of zakur meaning "puppy". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃakur/ [t͡ʃa.kur] Rhymes: -akur, -ur Hyphenation: txa‧kur === Noun === txakur anim dog Synonym: or (derogatory) cop ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Note: possibly a Wanderwort. →? Corsican: ghjacaru (“dog”), ghiacaru, jacaru (Ultramontane dialects) →? Sardinian: giagaru (“hound”) →? Spanish: cachorro (“puppy”) (against this Trask) →? Ottoman Turkish: زغر (zağar, “hound”) === References === === Further reading === “txakur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “txakur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005