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)
لَيْمِيّ‎ (laymiyy)	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 (2017-07-26), “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

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): /qiɾmiz/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /qɪɾmɪz/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɢeɾmez/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /qiɾmiz/

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 (2017-07-26), “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

Borrowed from Persian قرمز‎, 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)