կարիճ

From Old Armenian կարիճ (karič).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑˈɾit͡ʃ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑˈɾid͡ʒ/,

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• Hyphenation: կա‧րիճ

կարիճ • (karič)

1. scorpion
2. (dialectal, Karabakh) crayfish

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (klcng), 𐫞𐫏𐫡𐫉𐫗𐫃 (qyrzng /⁠kerzang⁠/), Persian خرچنگ (xarčang), Central Kurdish قرژاڵ (qirjall), قرژانگ (qirjang), Southern Kurdish قِرژِنگ (qirjing, “crab”).^[1][2][3] Doublet of Middle Armenian քարժանկ (kʻaržank).

կարիճ • (karič)

1. scorpion

   Synonym: կոր (kor)

2. (astronomy) Scorpius
3. (figuratively) thorny cudgel or stick

• Armenian: կարիճ (karič)
  • → Georgian: კარიჭი (ḳarič̣i)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, deriving from a substrate language with Ancient Greek καρίς (karís, “general term for small crustaceans”) as a cognate, but this etymology should now be discarded.
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կարիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 354
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy