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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κιρκήσιον (kirkḗsion), from Latin circenses, from circus.

Noun edit

կրկէս (krkēs)

  1. circus
    խաղք կրկիսիxałkʿ krkisigames of the circus

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: կրկես (krkes)

References edit

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