قرمز

Arabic

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare Old Armenian կարմիր (karmir), Hebrew כַּרְמִיל (karmīl), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

قِرْمِز • (qirmiz) m

1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
2. kermes dye color, a shade of red similar to crimson, scarlet or vermillion.

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْمِز (qirmiz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْمِز qirmiz	الْقِرْمِز al-qirmiz	قِرْمِز qirmiz
Nominative	قِرْمِزٌ qirmizun	الْقِرْمِزُ al-qirmizu	قِرْمِزُ qirmizu
Accusative	قِرْمِزًا qirmizan	الْقِرْمِزَ al-qirmiza	قِرْمِزَ qirmiza
Genitive	قِرْمِزٍ qirmizin	الْقِرْمِزِ al-qirmizi	قِرْمِزِ qirmizi

Derived terms

• قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)

Descendants

• →⇒ Medieval Latin: cremesinus
  • →? French: kermès
    • → English: kermes, chermes, chermez, kermez
      • → Translingual: Kermes
  • →? Italian: chermes
  • →? Spanish: carmes
• → Persian: قرمز (qermez)
  • → Urdu: قرمز (qirmizī)
• → Polish: alkiermes, alkermes, alchermes (Middle Polish)
• → Portuguese: alquermes, quermes

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)

أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)	رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy)	أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)	أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)	أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)	نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy)
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy)	أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

References

• Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎^[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 173–187

Persian

Etymology

PIE word
*kwŕ̥mis

Borrowed from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), whence also the inherited doublet کرم (kerm, “worm”).

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qiɾ.miz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪɾ.mɪz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪɾ.mɪz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɪɾ.mɪz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qiɾ.miz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qeɹ.mez]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qiɾ.miz]

Readings
Classical reading?	qirmiz
Dari reading?	qirmiz
Iranian reading?	ğermez
Tajik reading?	qirmiz

Noun

قرمز • (qermez)

1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
2. crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red

   قرمزی روز ― qermezi-ruz ― red sky before sunrise.

3. sanguine

Derived terms

• قرمزی (qermezi)
• ماهی قرمز

Descendants

• → Urdu: قرمز (qirmizī)

References

• Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎^[2], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 176–178

Urdu

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرمز (qirmiz), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”).

Noun

قرمز • (qirmiz) m (Hindi spelling क़िरमिज़)

1. carmine, crimson lake
2. kermes (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make the deep reddish carmine dye); cochineal
3. vermilion
4. crimson

Derived terms

• قرمزی (qirmizī)