բուրճէս

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• պուռճէս (puṙčēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French borgeis.

Noun

բուրճէս • (burčēs)

1. town-dweller

Usage notes

The spelling պուրճէս (purčēs) found in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran is unattested. It was normalized by Ačaṙean from Karst's Latin transliteration purǰês of what is attested as բուրճէս (burčēs).

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պուրճէս”, 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 105a
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “բուրճէս”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 126b
• Karst, Josef (1901) Historische Grammatik des Kilikisch-Armenischen (in German), Karl J. Trübner: Strassburg, page 16
• Karst, Josef (1915) Armenisches Rechtsbuch (in German), volume II, Karl J. Trübner: Strassburg, page 97