քուրջ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian քուրջ (kʻurǰ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)

1. (dialectal) old cloth, rag

   Synonym: ցնցոտի (cʻncʻoti)

   քրջի բազար ― kʻrǰi bazar ― flea market

Declension

Derived terms

• արչուքուրչ (arčʻukʻurčʻ)
• քրջոտ (kʻrǰot)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրջ”, 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 596b
• “քուրջ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “քուրջ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• քուրչ (kʻurčʻ), գուրչ (gurčʻ)

Etymology

The origin counts as unknown.

Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui connects with քուրձ (kʻurj, “sackcloth”) – the consonant variation finds its counterpart in Semitic cognates of this word, see there, and is explainable with Iranian origin, compare the relations of գանձ (ganj, “treasure”).

Note also Ingush къурд(а) (qʼurd(a), “rags; saddlecloth”).

Noun

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)

1. old cloth, rag
   • 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ Ք-181:

     Քուրձ· արգոյ քուրջ կտաւոյ կամ ջվալ

     Kʻurj· argoy kʻurǰ ktawoy kam ǰval

Derived terms

• քրչանոց (kʻrčʻanocʻ)
• քրչավաճառ (kʻrčʻavačaṙ)

Descendants

• Armenian: քուրջ (kʻurǰ)

References

Further reading

• Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “քուրջ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “chiffon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 238b
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 44
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “քուրչ”, 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