կրակ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կրակ (krak).

Pronunciation

Noun

կրակ (krak)

  1. fire
  2. (figuratively) light, lamp
  3. (figuratively) fever
  4. (figuratively) heat
  5. (figuratively) fervour
  6. shooting, firing

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Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian 𐫞𐫇𐫡𐫃 (qwrg /⁠kūrag⁠/, furnace, kiln), Persian کوره (kure, furnace) and Georgian კერა (ḳera), კერაკი (ḳeraḳi), კერაკანი (ḳeraḳani), also from Iranian.

Noun

կրակ (krak)

  1. fire, flames
    կրակ լուցանել, վառելkrak lucʻanel, vaṙelto kindle, to light, to make a fire
    արծարծել զկրակarcarcel zkrakto stir, to poke the fire
    շիջուցանել զկրակšiǰucʻanel zkrakto put out, to extinguish, to quench the fire
  2. (figuratively) fire, heat, flame, spirit, ardour

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Descendants

  • Armenian: կրակ (krak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 378
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy