▪
DRS 10 (2012)#KRZ-7, like many other sources, traces Ar
karaz ‘cherry’ back to Grk
kerásion ‘id.’.
▪ Rolland2015: Ar
karaz ‘cherry’ and Grk
kerásion ‘id.’ are probably from the same Sem source (as also Akk
girīṣu 1
).
▪ Hava1899 marks Ar
karaz with a “T”, signaling Tu origin. According to Nişanyan (18Aug2014), Tu
kiraz ‘cherry’
2
is from Grk
kerási ‘cherry’, from oGrk
kerasós ‘bird cherry, hackberry’, from IE *
ker-5 ‘cherry (or similarly red fruit)’.
▪ BadawiHinds1986: EgAr
kirēz,
kirēzaẗ,
kirezāyaẗ ‘cherry’ are from Tu
kiraz ‘id.’.
▪ Cf. also ↗
qarāṣiyaẗ (var.
qarāṣiyā,
qarāsiyā).