Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian ցուրտ (cʻurt).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ցուրտ (cʻurt) (superlative ամենացուրտ)

  1. (of the weather) cold, chilly

Declension edit

Noun edit

ցուրտ (cʻurt)

  1. cold weather

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₁ur-do-. Alternatively, related to Persian سرد (sard), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (sarəta), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, cold).

Adjective edit

ցուրտ (cʻurt)

  1. cold
    ցուրտ էcʻurt ēit is cold
  2. (figuratively) cold, senseless, silly, stupid, insipid; vain, frivolous, trifling
    ցուրտ մարդcʻurt mardcold, frigid, unconcerned, indifferent person
    ցուրտ պատճառքcʻurt patčaṙkʻpoverty of argument
    դի ցուրտ յերկիր ընկենուլdi cʻurt yerkir ənkenulto kill on the spot, to strike, a cold corpse, to the ground

Declension edit

Noun edit

ցուրտ (cʻurt)

  1. cold, chill
    սոսկալի ցուրտsoskali cʻurthorrible cold
    խիստ ցուրտxist cʻurtbitter cold
    անտանելի ցուրտantaneli cʻurtinsupportable cold
    թափանցող ցուրտtʻapʻancʻoł cʻurtpiercing cold
    ցուրտ մահահամբոյրcʻurt mahahamboyrchill of death
    ցուրտ սաստիկcʻurt sastika violent or biting cold
    սարսռացեալ դողալ ի ցրտոյsarsṙacʻeal dołal i cʻrtoyto tremble all over with cold, to be benumbed with cold
    պատսպարիլ ի ցրտոյpatsparil i cʻrtoyto provide against the cold
    վարժիլ ցրտոյvaržil cʻrtoyto be inured to cold
    ցուրտ առնուլcʻurt aṙnulto take cold, to catch cold

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ցուրտ (cʻurt)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցուրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 463–464
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցուրտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • de Vaan, Michiel (1999) “The etymology of English shower”, in Die Sprache 41/1[1], pages 40–41
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 630–631
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցուրտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑ēuero-, k̑ōuero-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 597