քուրձ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քուրձ (kʻurj).

Pronunciation

Noun

քուրձ • (kʻurj)

  1. haircloth, sackcloth

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • քուրց (kʻurcʻ) — misspelling

Etymology

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

քուրձ • (kʻurj)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • քրձազգած (kʻrjazgac)
  • քրձազգածութիւն (kʻrjazgacutʻiwn)
  • քրձազգեաց (kʻrjazgeacʻ)
  • քրձազգեստ (kʻrjazgest)
  • քրձազգեցեալ (kʻrjazgecʻeal)
  • քրձեայ (kʻrjeay)
  • քրձեղէն (kʻrjełēn)

Descendants

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

Further reading

  • 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 (in German), volume 46, pages 238–239 Nr. 46
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (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–
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