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I've asked this here before, but lost track of the thread.
Does anyone know what 'Karkut' means? It is Polish.
Thank you.
Does anyone know what 'Karkut' means? It is Polish.
Thank you.
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Well, i looked in the archives of 2003 and found the original thread, but it had only one response of no use. The person asked if you mean Karkut or Karkurt. Now, i can tell you that Karkurt is Turkish, so we won't talk about that.
http://www.geocities.com/altingjoka/etymology3
This link takes very long to load!
On this link i found that karkut is an Armenian word meaning 'hail' as in the hail related to the weather. This is probably a coincidence.
However, i found a site with Jewish surnames in Poland (in a certain place in this case) with the surname Karkutski. Then i found out that the word kirkut is the common word in Polish for a Jewish cemetary. The surname Karkut must be a Jewish surname.
Also, Kirkute is used in Estland and Kirkutis in Lithuania.
The meaning is thus 'Jewish cemetary' probably.
http://www.geocities.com/altingjoka/etymology3
This link takes very long to load!
On this link i found that karkut is an Armenian word meaning 'hail' as in the hail related to the weather. This is probably a coincidence.
However, i found a site with Jewish surnames in Poland (in a certain place in this case) with the surname Karkutski. Then i found out that the word kirkut is the common word in Polish for a Jewish cemetary. The surname Karkut must be a Jewish surname.
Also, Kirkute is used in Estland and Kirkutis in Lithuania.
The meaning is thus 'Jewish cemetary' probably.
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Thank you very much. I must say though, this is a bit unusual, as my grandfather is Catholic. Perhaps someone converted along the way in his family.
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