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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գործ (gorc).
Pronunciation
Noun
գործ • (gorc)
- work
- գործ անել ― gorc anel ― to do work
- ծանր գործ ― canr gorc ― difficult work
- job, occupation, employment
- ես իմ գործը չեմ սիրում ― es im gorcə čʻem sirum ― I don't like my job
- գործի ընդունվել ― gorci əndunvel ― to get a job
- գործից դուրս գալ ― gorcicʻ durs gal ― to quit a job
- գործի տեղ ― gorci teġ ― office
- concern, business, affair
- անձնական գործ ― anjnakan gorc ― private affair
- էդ քո գործը չի ― ēd kʻo gorcə čʻi ― it's not your business, it's none of your concern
- work; paper
- հայտնի նկարչի գործ ― haytni nkarčʻi gorc ― work by a famous painter
- file, dossier
- անձնական գործ ― anjnakan gorc ― personal file/record(s)
- (law) case, legal case
- գործ տալ (slang) ― gorc tal ― to snitch, to inform
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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun
գործ • (gorc)
- work, affair, thing, deed, action, operation, business, trade, negotiation, practice, agency, enterprise, labour; commission; fact, effect, merit; manufacture; make
- գործ քաջութեան ― gorc kʻaǰutʻean ― esploit, signal action in war
- այր գործոյ/գործոց ― ayr gorcoy/gorcocʻ ― an active man, a clever man
- օր գործոյ ― ōr gorcoy ― a working day
- գործ է գտնել ― gorc ē gtnel ― it is difficult to find
- գործ առնել, ընդ գործ արկանել, ի գործ արկանել, դնել ― gorc aṙnel, ənd gorc arkanel, i gorc arkanel, dnel ― to make use of, to employ, to use; to practise, to effect, to accomplish, to execute, to realize
- ի գործ ածել ― i gorc acel ― to use, to employ, to make use of
- բանս ի գործ առնել ― bans i gorc aṙnel ― to establish, to advance, to take for granted, to agree
- ձեռն ի գործ արկանել ― jeṙn i gorc arkanel ― to undertake, to begin, to commence
- գործ/գործք առաքելոց ― gorc/gorckʻ aṙakʻelocʻ ― the Acts of the Apostles
- նովին իսկ գործով ― novin isk gorcov ― ipso facto, caught in the act
- գործ առ գործով, գործ ընդ գործով ― gorc aṙ gorcov, gorc ənd gorcov ― transitorily, indifferently
- գործի/ընդ գործ մտանել ― gorci/ənd gorc mtanel ― to enter on one's duties
- գործ ունել ընդ ումեք ― gorc unel ənd umekʻ ― to have to do with some one, to have business with some one
- ի գործ արկանել զերկիր ― i gorc arkanel zerkir ― to cultivate or till the ground
- գործ դնել հողմոյ ― gorc dnel hołmoy ― to make use of the wind
- գործ օրական ― gorc ōrakan ― journeywork
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գործ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գործ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 226–227
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գործ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy