| Tatar | kerges | to fly in circles |
| Tatar | kerges, kërgu, karagu | large bird of prey |
| Afgh.: Yidgha | kargez | id. |
| Kurdish | qerqes | id. |
| Ossetish | cärgäs | id. |
| Pers. | karkas | id. |
| Zend | kargàs | id. |
| Zend | kahrkàsa | vulture (translated by "cock eater"; vultures do not feed on cocks |
| Caucase: Cecen | ghirgha | small hawks, 223 |
| Caucase: Lezg. | karcigha | id. |
| Caucase: Lak. | xkkirghu | id. |
| Ossetish | xerceciga | id. |
| Azerb. | qirqi, qurghuun | id. |
| Pers. | kerghi, qirghui | id. |
| Pers.(o.liter.) | kiràgha | id. |
| Hung. | kerek | wheel |
| Anc.Greek | kirkos | (borrowing) a hawk, Lat. circus borrowing from Greek) |
| Cymric | cyrch | circle |
| Franç. | cirque etc. | circus |
| Franç. | crique | (metath.) handle (of basket, pail), creek, cove |
| Ital. | cherca | tonsure |
| Ital.: Marche | anitra dalla chierica | Red-crested Pochard, 52 (rounded crest) |
| Ital.: Sard. | chirigista | Red-crested Pochard, 52 (rounded crest) |
| Russian | kurgan | a circular burial mount |
| Franç. | courge | pumpkin |
| Ukr. | krug | (Russian id., Czech kruh) circle - Berneker 626 |
| Ukr. | krugáv | small hawks, 223 |
| Slavic | krogulec, krahuljek etc. | small hawks, 223 |
| Hung. | karvoly | (< Slavic) small hawks |