Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian կործան (korcan); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

կործան (korcan) (superlative ամենակործան)

  1. (rare) overturned, destroyed, ruined

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The root is կործ- (korc-), of uncertain origin.

Adjective edit

կործան (korcan) indeclinable

  1. prostrated, prostrate, prone
    կործան անկանիլkorcan ankanilto fall upon one's face; to fall down; to go to ruin, to sink into decay, to be overthrown, to crumble away, to fall to pieces, to be ruined
    կործան արկանելkorcan arkanelto throw down, to overthrow, to destroy, to ruin

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կործան (korcan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կործան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կործան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կործ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press