Well, if you want to call analysis of actual written sources and phonetic pronounciations of the word by native speakers "personal opinion", I would gently disagree, but will not, in any way, shape or form, try to prevent you from using the term you hold so dear to you.
The only thing I would like to add, is that my original post on the origin of "karud" was read and approved by Robert Elgood.
From now on, please take your fight to him.
Although I am afraid you are in different weight categories.
All the best.
And, by the way, do you still call the thingie some villager in Iran called "shamshir" three or five hundreds years ago, - "scimitar"? After all, we still see this word on many Internet auctions. I hope you are consistent in your beliefs.
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