Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian թուրծ (tʻurc).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

թուրծ (tʻurc)

  1. the act of burning bricks or pots of clay in order to harden them

Declension edit

Adjective edit

թուրծ (tʻurc) (superlative ամենաթուրծ)

  1. hardened (in fire)

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *turH-ǵ- and cognate with թուշ (tʻuš), թուռ (tʻuṙ), Latin turgeo.

Noun edit

թուրծ (tʻurc)

  1. cheek
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from թրծեմ (tʻrcem).

Alternative forms edit

Adjective edit

թուրծ (tʻurc)

  1. hardened (in fire)

Noun edit

թուրծ (tʻurc)

  1. (post-Classical) the act of burning bricks or pots of clay in order to harden them
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: թուրծ (tʻurc)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թուրծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “թուրծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 298