կարմիր

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կարմիր (karmir).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կարմիր (karmir) (superlative ամենակարմիր)

  1. red

Declension

Noun

կարմիր (karmir)

  1. red
    կարմիր:  

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian (klmyr /⁠karmīr⁠/, red, crimson), Sogdian (krmʾyr /⁠karmīr, kərmīr⁠/, red), Sanskrit किर्मीर (kirmīra, a variegated color) and Hebrew כרמיל (karmīl, crimson, carmine), an Iranian borrowing. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (worm). Compare որդան կարմիր (ordan karmir).

Adjective

կարմիր (karmir)

  1. red

Declension

Noun

կարմիր (karmir)

  1. red
    կարմիր:  
  2. red-coloured object
  3. carmine
  4. gold coin

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարմիր (karmir)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարմիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարմիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կարմիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press