քուրջ

From Middle Armenian քուրջ (kʻurǰ).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰuɾd͡ʒ/,
  • (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA^(key): /kʰurt͡ʃʰ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kuɾt͡ʃ/,

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)

1. (dialectal) old cloth, rag

   Synonym: ցնցոտի (cʻncʻoti)

   քրջի բազար ― kʻrǰi bazar ― flea market

• արչուքուրչ (arčʻukʻurčʻ)
• քրջոտ (kʻrǰot)

• 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

• քուրչ (kʻurčʻ), գուրչ (gurčʻ)

The origin counts as unknown.^[1][2]

Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui connects with քուրձ (kʻurj, “sackcloth”)^[3] – 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”).

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)

1. old cloth, rag
   • 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ Ք-181:^[4]

     Քուրձ· արգոյ քուրջ կտաւոյ կամ ջվալ

     Kʻurj· argoy kʻurǰ ktawoy kam ǰval

• քրչանոց (kʻrčʻanocʻ)
• քրչավաճառ (kʻrčʻavačaṙ)

• Armenian: քուրջ (kʻurǰ)

• 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 (1882–1884) “chiffon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], 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