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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian կիրճ (kirč).
Pronunciation
Noun
կիրճ • (kirč)
- narrow pass, defile
- gorge, ravine
- Հրազդանի կիրճ ― Hrazdani kirč ― Hrazdan River gorge
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
J̌ahukyan following Bailey derives from Iranian, together with կարճ (karč, “short”). Compare Khotanese (ke̮ca, “cleft, ravine”), for which Bailey reconstructs *kart-čā- or *kirsta-, from the base *kart- (“to cut”), whence Persian کارد (kârd, “knife”).
Noun
կիրճ • (kirč)
- narrow pass, defile
- առնուլ, ունել զկիրճս ― aṙnul, unel zkirčs ― to hold or defend a pass, to be master of the communications, to hold the roads, to close the passage
- strait, channel (of a sea)
- narrow part of a river
Declension
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիրճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիրճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “կիրճ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 782b
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիրճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 595b
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “կիրճ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 441c
- Bailey, H. W. (1979) “ke̮ca”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 65a
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կիրճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 407a