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Kadaras

KÃDARAS

Etymology

Sometimes it can be a nickname from lit. kãdaras „liesas, išdžiūvęs žmogus ar gyvulys“ (LKŽ V 43). But mostly, apparently, it is associated with Polish. Kadar (SSNO II 516), Kador ¹, Chodor ², bRuss. Хoдаp, Хoдop: Феoдop ³. Also cf. Cedar (see).

Feminine FORMS

Kadarienė / Kadaraitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈkɑːdɐrɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. S. Rospond, 1973, p. 239.

2. ibid., 1967, p. 123.

3. M. Biryla, 1966, с. 166.