Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քուրձ (kʻurj).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քուրձ (kʻurj)

  1. haircloth, sackcloth

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Related to synonymous խորգ (xorg) and to Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܪܣܬܴܐ (kūrsəṯā), ܟܽܘܪܣܴܐ (kūrsā), ܟܽܘܪܙܴܐ (kūrzā), ܟܽܘܪܓܴܐ (kūrgā, small bag), Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, saddlebag), كُرْز (kurz, bag of a herdsman), and easily with Middle Armenian քուրջ (kʻurǰ, old rag), كُرَاز (kurāz, cantharus), Old Armenian կարաս (karas, large jar) from Iranian.

Noun edit

քուրձ (kʻurj)

  1. haircloth, sackcloth
    Synonyms: խորգ (xorg), մազեղէն (mazełēn), խարազն (xarazn)
    քուրձ զգենուլkʻurj zgenulto put on or to wear haircloth
  2. bag, sack

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: քույց (kʻuycʻ), քուրց (kʻurcʻ, sack) (dialectal, Zeytun)
  • Armenian: քուրձ (kʻurj) (literary)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրձ”, 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 595–596
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քուրձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 194
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 81–82
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 258
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “քուրձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 788a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 46, pages 238–239 Nr. 46
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[2] (in German), volume 46, page 254 Nr. 133
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 57–58
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “քուրձ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “քուրձ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1876) “[Anzeige zu] Kalilag und Damnag. Alte syrische Uebersetzung des indischen Fürstenspiegels. Text und deutsche Uebersetzung von Gustav Bickell. Mit einer Einleitung von Theodor Benfey. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1876”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 30, page 768
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուրձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • kwrsh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • kwrgˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • kwrzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–