ցուրտ

From Old Armenian ցուրտ (cʻurt).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰuɾt/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡suɾd/,

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ցուրտ • (cʻurt) (superlative ամենացուրտ)

1. (of the weather) cold, chilly

ցուրտ • (cʻurt)

1. cold weather

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₁ur-do-. Alternatively, related to Persian سرد (sard), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (sar^əta), Old Armenian սառն (saṙn, “cold”).

ցուրտ • (cʻurt)

1. cold

   ցուրտ է ― cʻurt ē ― it is cold

2. (figuratively) cold, senseless, silly, stupid, insipid; vain, frivolous, trifling

   ցուրտ մարդ ― cʻurt mard ― cold, frigid, unconcerned, indifferent person

   ցուրտ պատճառք ― cʻurt patčaṙkʻ ― poverty of argument

   դի ցուրտ յերկիր ընկենուլ ― di cʻurt yerkir ənkenul ― to kill on the spot, to strike, a cold corpse, to the ground

ցուրտ • (cʻurt)

1. cold, chill

   սոսկալի ցուրտ ― soskali cʻurt ― horrible cold

   խիստ ցուրտ ― xist cʻurt ― bitter cold

   անտանելի ցուրտ ― antaneli cʻurt ― insupportable cold

   թափանցող ցուրտ ― tʻapʻancʻoł cʻurt ― piercing cold

   ցուրտ մահահամբոյր ― cʻurt mahahamboyr ― chill of death

   ցուրտ սաստիկ ― cʻurt sastik ― a violent or biting cold

   սարսռացեալ դողալ ի ցրտոյ ― sarsṙacʻeal dołal i cʻrtoy ― to tremble all over with cold, to be benumbed with cold

   պատսպարիլ ի ցրտոյ ― patsparil i cʻrtoy ― to provide against the cold

   վարժիլ ցրտոյ ― varžil cʻrtoy ― to be inured to cold

   ցուրտ առնուլ ― cʻurt aṙnul ― to take cold, to catch cold

• Armenian: ցուրտ (cʻurt)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “ցուրտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 463–464
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ցուրտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• de Vaan, Michiel (1999) “The etymology of English shower”, in Die Sprache 41/1‎, pages 40–41
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• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ցուրտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “k̑ēuero-, k̑ōuero-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 597