քուրձ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քուրձ (kʻurj).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰuɾd͡z/, [kʰuɾd͡z]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kuɾt͡s/, [kʰuɾt͡sʰ]

Noun

քուրձ • (kʻurj)

1. haircloth, sackcloth

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	քուրձ (kʻurj)	քրձեր (kʻrjer)
dative	քրձի (kʻrji)	քրձերի (kʻrjeri)
ablative	քրձից (kʻrjicʻ)	քրձերից (kʻrjericʻ)
instrumental	քրձով (kʻrjov)	քրձերով (kʻrjerov)
locative	քրձում (kʻrjum)	քրձերում (kʻrjerum)
	definite forms
nominative	քուրձը/քուրձն (kʻurjə/kʻurjn)	քրձերը/քրձերն (kʻrjerə/kʻrjern)
dative	քրձին (kʻrjin)	քրձերին (kʻrjerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	քուրձս (kʻurjs)	քրձերս (kʻrjers)
dative	քրձիս (kʻrjis)	քրձերիս (kʻrjeris)
ablative	քրձիցս (kʻrjicʻs)	քրձերիցս (kʻrjericʻs)
instrumental	քրձովս (kʻrjovs)	քրձերովս (kʻrjerovs)
locative	քրձումս (kʻrjums)	քրձերումս (kʻrjerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	քուրձդ (kʻurjd)	քրձերդ (kʻrjerd)
dative	քրձիդ (kʻrjid)	քրձերիդ (kʻrjerid)
ablative	քրձիցդ (kʻrjicʻd)	քրձերիցդ (kʻrjericʻd)
instrumental	քրձովդ (kʻrjovd)	քրձերովդ (kʻrjerovd)
locative	քրձումդ (kʻrjumd)	քրձերումդ (kʻrjerumd)

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• քուրց (kʻurcʻ) — misspelling

Etymology

Related to synonymous խորգ (xorg) and to Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܪܤܬܴܐ / ܟܽܘܪܤܴܐ / ܟܽܘܪܓܴܐ / ܟܽܘܪܙܴܐ (kūrzā / kūrgā / kūrsā / kūrsəṯā, “small bag”), Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), كُرْز (kurz, “bag of a herdsman”), كُرَاز (kurāz, “cantharus”), all possibly borrowed from Iranian. Compare also քուրջ (kʻurǰ).

Noun

քուրձ • (kʻurj)

1. haircloth, sackcloth

   քուրձ զգենուլ ― kʻurj zgenul ― to put on or to wear haircloth

   Synonyms: խորգ (xorg), մազեղէն (mazełēn), խարազն (xarazn)

2. bag, sack

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	քուրձ (kʻurj)		քուրձք (kʻurjkʻ)
genitive	քրձի (kʻrji)		քրձից (kʻrjicʻ)
dative	քրձի (kʻrji)		քրձից (kʻrjicʻ)
accusative	քուրձ (kʻurj)		քուրձս (kʻurjs)
ablative	քրձէ (kʻrjē)		քրձից (kʻrjicʻ)
instrumental	քրձիւ (kʻrjiw)		քրձիւք (kʻrjiwkʻ)
locative	քրձի (kʻrji)		քուրձս (kʻurjs)

Derived terms

• քրձազգած (kʻrjazgac)
• քրձազգածութիւն (kʻrjazgacutʻiwn)
• քրձազգեաց (kʻrjazgeacʻ)
• քրձազգեստ (kʻrjazgest)
• քրձազգեցեալ (kʻrjazgecʻeal)
• քրձեայ (kʻrjeay)
• քրձեղէն (kʻrjełēn)

 

Descendants

• Armenian: քույց (kʻuycʻ), քուրց (kʻurcʻ, “sack”) (dialectal, Zeytun)
• → Armenian: քուրձ (kʻurj) (literary)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրձ”, 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, pages 595–596
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քուրձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 194
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 81–82
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 258
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “քուրձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 788a
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 57–58
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “քուրձ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
• Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “քուրձ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուրձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• “kwrsh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kwrgˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kwrzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–