կուրծ

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See also: կուրծք

Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կուրծ-ք (kurc-kʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կուրծ (kurc)

  1. udder

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կուրծ”, 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 667a
  • կուրծ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 248b

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from the root of կրծեմ (krcem, to gnaw), as if “something for gnawing”, or the root of կուրծք (kurckʻ, breast), because the stump is in the middle.

Noun[edit]

կուրծ (kurc)

  1. cabbage-stump, cabbage-stalk

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կուրծ (kurc)
  • Georgian: კურწი (ḳurc̣i)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուրծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուրծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press