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Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak).
Pronunciation
Noun
քուռակ • (kʻuṙak)
- young of a horse or a donkey, colt, foal
- (derogatory) a generic mild insult
Declension
Synonyms
- (young of a horse): մտրուկ (mtruk)
Further reading
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 801, page 158
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Armenian *քուռակ (*kʻuṙak), an Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian (kwlk' /kurrag/, “colt”), Northern Kurdish kurrik (“young of horse or donkey”), Persian کره (korre, “young of horse or donkey”), and see the latter for more.
Noun
քուռակ • (kʻuṙak)
- young of a horse or a donkey, colt, foal
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուռակ”, 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, page 594ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քուռակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 258
- Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “քուռակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 816a
- Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “քուռակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 747
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուռակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy