կիրճ

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Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian կիրճ (kirč).

Pronunciation

Noun

կիրճ (kirč)

  1. narrow pass, defile
  2. gorge, ravine
    Հրազդանի կիրճHrazdani kirčHrazdan River gorge

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

J̌ahukyan following Bailey derives from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "ira" is not valid. See WT:LOL., together with կարճ (karč, short). Compare Khotanese [script needed] (ke̮ca, cleft, ravine), for which Bailey reconstructs *kart-čā- or *kirsta-, from the base Lua error in Module:links at line 217: The specified language Proto-Iranian is unattested, while the given word is not marked with '*' to indicate that it is reconstructed., whence Persian کارد (kârd, knife).

Noun

կիրճ (kirč)

  1. narrow pass, defile
    առնուլ, ունել զկիրճսaṙnul, unel zkirčsto hold or defend a pass, to be master of the communications, to hold the roads, to close the passage
  2. strait, channel (of a sea)
  3. narrow part of a river

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: կիրճ (kirč)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիրճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիրճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “կիրճ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 782b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիրճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 595b
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “կիրճ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 441c
  • Bailey, H. W. (1979) “ke̮ca”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 65a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կիրճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 407a