քուրայ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kūrāʼ, “melting pot; furnace”).

Noun

քուրայ • (kʻuray)

  1. crucible, melting pot; cupel; furnace where metal is melted
  2. furnace in a bathhouse
  3. a bowl where earthen vessels are baked

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative քուրայ (kʻuray) քուրայք (kʻuraykʻ)
genitive քուրայի (kʻurayi) քուրայից (kʻurayicʻ)
dative քուրայի (kʻurayi) քուրայից (kʻurayicʻ)
accusative քուրայ (kʻuray) քուրայս (kʻurays)
ablative քուրայէ (kʻurayē) քուրայից (kʻurayicʻ)
instrumental քուրայիւ (kʻurayiw) քուրայիւք (kʻurayiwkʻ)
locative քուրայի (kʻurayi) քուրայս (kʻurays)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քուրա (kʻura)
  • Cappadocian Greek: κουρά (kourá), κουρέ (kouré), κουράδι (kourádi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուրայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քուրայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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