կոր

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /koɾ/,
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): /ɡoɾ/,

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կոր (kor).

Adjective

կոր • (kor) (superlative ամենակոր)

1. curved, crooked

Declension

Noun

կոր • (kor)

1. (geometry) curve

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian կոր (kor).

Noun

կոր • (kor)

1. scorpion

Declension

Synonyms

• կարիճ (karič)

Etymology 3

From Turkish -yor (“present continuous tense suffix”). Alternatively, from կը (kə) +‎ որ (or), but in any case influenced by Turkish -yor.

Particle

կոր • (kor) (Western Armenian, colloquial)

1. Used in present and past continuous indicative constructions in order to differentiate from the simple present and past, respectively.

   կ՚երթամ կոր, գործ ունիմ ― k’ertʻam kor, gorc unim ― I am going, I have work

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 233–234
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1961) Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages] (in Armenian), volume IVb, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 95–108
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• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “կոր 3”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 476a

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gowh₁-ro- or *gow-e/oro- from *gew- (“to bend”), and cognate with Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”), γυρός (gurós, “round”). J̌ahukyan prefers derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gor-, from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).

Possibly related to կեռ (keṙ), կորճ (korč), կուր (kur) and dialectal կոռ (koṙ). Compare also Central Kurdish کووڕ (kûrr, “bent over, hunched”), Khotanese (kūra-, “crooked”).

Adjective

կոր • (kor)

1. curved, crooked

   ի կոր ― i kor ― bowed, inclined; down, below, downwards

   ի կոր կորացեալ ― i kor koracʻeal ― depressed, cast down

   ի կոր կործանել ― i kor korcanel ― to cut down, to overturn, to throw to the ground, to overthrow, to upset; (figuratively) to dishearten thoroughly, to strike with dismay, to confound, to abash

   ի կոր կործանիլ ― i kor korcanil ― to fall, to break down, to sink, to be overthrown;fig.to droop, to be disheartened, to give way, to lose heart, to be ashamed, abashed

   կոր գիծ ― kor gic ― curve

   կոր ի գլուխ, կոր ի կոր ― kor i glux, kor i kor ― ashamed, confused, depressed, humbled, debased, humiliated with hanging head, humbly, full of shame, quite confused, abashed, ignominiously

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Armenian: կոր (kor)

References

Further reading

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

Probably a tabu-substitution of the word for ‘scorpion’, from կոր (kor, “curved, crooked”), referring to scorpion's tail. For the semantics compare Persian کژدم (každom). A relation with կարիճ (karič) is also possible.

Noun

կոր • (kor)

1. scorpion
2. (astronomy) Scorpius

Declension

Synonyms

• կարիճ (karič)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: կոր (kor)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “kor”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 374–375