կուռն
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- կուռ (kuṙ)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.[1] The basic meaning may be ‘curved/bending body-part’ and the word may be related to կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻ), կոր (kor), կրուկն (krukn).[2]
Noun
կուռն • (kuṙn)
- back
- զկուռս տալ որմոյ ― zkuṙs tal ormoy ― to lean against a wall
- side
- առ կռան կալ ― aṙ kṙan kal ― to be near, present
- մերձ առ կռան կայ ― merj aṙ kṙan kay ― it is not far distant
- joint between the shoulder and arm
Declension
n-type
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: կուռ (kuṙ)
References
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382
Further reading
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy