կորճ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կորճ (korč); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

կորճ (korč)

  1. king vulture

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably of the same origin as կոր (kor, crooked, curved). Alternatively, from Կորճայք (Korčaykʻ), a province of Armenia, whose initial population was non-Armenian and whose speech seemed rough and barbarous to other Armenians.

Adjective

կորճ (korč)

  1. curved, crooked, rough
Derived terms

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps is the same with կորճ (korč, curved), կոր (kor, curved), referring to the bird's curved beak.

Noun

կորճ (korč)

  1. gryphon, vulture
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: կորճ (korč)
  • Georgian: ყურჭი (q̇urč̣i)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կորճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կորճ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 372
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 87