Monday-ish word: kurgan

[ersatz_read]

kurgan (ko͝or-gän′), noun
A type of burial mound, heaped over a burial chamber, and originating in southern Russia around 5000 B.C.

Kurgan
The culture that produced these burial mounds, or a member of this culture.

Etymology:  related to modern Turkish kurgan, which means 'fortress

Comments

[theidolhands]

I like that it's historical AND fandom related!

[kryptyd]

Nope, it's pronounced the same in the film. I saw it recently. Bloody awful! At least the awkward cut of it I saw was.

[ersatz_read]

Ah. It's been a while since I've seen the movie. (I used to watch the TV series too.) Maybe I'm getting the pronunciation mixed up with my ex-boyfriend named 'Kirgan'. (For what it's worth, he looked nothing like the Kurgan in the movie.)

[kryptyd]

A shame(?)

[med_cat]

Interesting etymology.

Here's a famous kurgan: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD