Talk:Kaur

Pronunciation
It would be nice to have a guide to how to pronounce Kaur: I can find out, but I'm no good at IPA, for example. Robert Crowdy 18:38, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Halfway between 'core' and 'paul'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.203.35.113 (talk) 19:45, 13 September 2009 (UTC)


 * That would be [kɔː(r)], right? JREL (talk) 09:59, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

Translation
I have read - and I'm sorry I can't provide the reference at the moment - that rather than 'princess', it's more accurately 'prince'. This gives it, in translation at least (social as well as linguistic), some of the same weight as when Elizabeth I of England referred to herself as a prince (for example, here). This would also emphasise the Sikh woman's independence and self-completeness.

Not a call for an edit necessarily, but something to consider.

Corgi (talk) 17:30, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

http://sikhism.about.com/od/glossary/g/Kaur-Princess.htm

hopefully this helps in sikhism kaur is used to princess not prince —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.6.135.176 (talk) 17:01, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

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Removed unverifiable edit
I undid the edit dated 13:01 June 5, 2019 that added the following line:

'Guru Gobind Singh Ji also introduced Kaur as the last name of female, as it was his vision as well as blessing that he bestowed the qualities of rare African bird called "Kaur" who is so quick and agile that it can take the piece of flesh out of the lion’s mouth when it is open for a few seconds at a time.'

I could find nothing that corroborated this addition. As a 'Kaur' myself, I have never heard this origin story for the name before. I could not even find reference to any African bird called 'Kaur.' This anecdotal origin story needs to be cited from a reliable source before being added to this page to avoid spreading misinformation.

Akboyer (talk) 18:00, 23 August 2019 (UTC) Akboyer