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Probably related to Chechenгоргам(gorgam), горгум(gorgum, “floorcloth; rag for cleaning the gun after lubrication”), Tabasaranгъюаь́ргъв(ġjuá̱rġ°, “rag”), гъяргъ(ġjarġ), гъяргъвяр(ġjarġ°jar, “rags”), Lezgiкьваркь(q̇varq̇, “rag”). For the Nakh forms listed here a derivation from the Nakh word for ‘round; circle’ has been suggested: compare Chechenгорга(gorga, “round”), го(go, “circle”), but this may be a folk etymology.
Perhaps the Northeast Caucasian and Armenian are borrowed from Iranian: compare Central Kurdishبەرگ(berg, “clothing, cover”), ultimately from the Iranian root which gave վարտիք(vartikʻ).
Իսկ փաղանունք ասին, որ են զոյգ անուանք․ անիւ և ճղուղ, առեղ և աւարտք, հեւան եւ դանդանք, կունդք եւ ականոց, հեց եւ բոյթ, կապերտ եւ գորգ, ձի եւ դզի, երամակապան եւ կուտպան, բիր եւ մահակ, որոց բնութիւն մի եւ անուանք այլ։
Isk pʻałanunkʻ asin, or en zoyg anuankʻ; aniw ew čłuł, aṙeł ew awartkʻ, hewan ew dandankʻ, kundkʻ ew akanocʻ, hecʻ ew boytʻ, kapert ew gorg, ji ew dzi, eramakapan ew kutpan, bir ew mahak, orocʻ bnutʻiwn mi ew anuankʻ ayl.
Usage notes
The only attested passage is the commentary on the grammar of Dionysius Thrax, where գորգ(gorg) appears in a list of synonym pairs with կապերտ(kapert, “rag”), which would develop later into կարպետ(karpet, “carpet, rug”). Based on this passage the dictionaries gloss գորգ(gorg) as ‘carpet’, and the modern literary language has learnedly adopted it as the usual designation for ‘carpet’. The word is not recorded in the dialects. The new Northeast Caucasian parallels prove that the more precise and correct meaning is ‘rag, floorcloth’.
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գորգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 583b
^ Osmajev, M. K. (2016) Čečency: obyčai, tradicii, obrjady (istorikokulʹturnyje aspekty problemy). Monografija [The Chechens: Customs, traditions, rituals (The historical and cultural aspects of the problem). A monograph], Grozny: Izdatelʹstvo FGBOU VO «Čečenskij gosudarstvennyj universitet», →ISBN, page 73, without the Armenian
^ Adonc, N. (1915) Дионисий Фракийский и армянские толкователи [Dionysius Thrax and Armenian commentators] (Bibliotheca Armeno-Georgica; 4), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 209
^ Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2008) Erker. hat. G., Hayerenagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume III, Armenian Language Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 209
Further reading
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գորգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 313, deriving from Hittite(kurka-), glossing it as ‘cover’
Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 170, comparing with Hittite(kurka-), glossing it as ‘cover’
Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “գորգ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 148a
Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գորգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Simon, Zsolt (2013) “Die These der hethitisch-luwischen Lehnwörter im Armenischen: eine kritische Neubetrachtung”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction (in German), volume 10, number 2, page 104, rejecting the Hittite etymology, because nowadays the Hittite word is understood to mean ‘foal, colt’; see Persianکره(korre)