قرمز

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare Old Armenian կարմիր (karmir), Hebrew כַּרְמִיל (karmīl), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

قِرْمِز • (qirmiz) m

1. kermes insect (, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
2. kermes dye color, a shade of red similar to crimson, scarlet or vermillion.

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْمِز (qirmiz)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْمِز qirmiz	الْقِرْمِز al-qirmiz	قِرْمِز qirmiz
Nominative	قِرْمِزٌ qirmizun	الْقِرْمِزُ al-qirmizu	قِرْمِزُ qirmizu
Accusative	قِرْمِزًا qirmizan	الْقِرْمِزَ al-qirmiza	قِرْمِزَ qirmiza
Genitive	قِرْمِزٍ qirmizin	الْقِرْمِزِ al-qirmizi	قِرْمِزِ qirmizi

Derived terms

• قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)

أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)	رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy)	أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)	أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)	أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)	نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy)
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy)	أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

References

• Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎^[1], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 173–187

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”).

Pronunciation

• Template:fa-pronunciation
• IPA^(key): [ɢeɾmez]

Noun

قرمز • (qermez)

1. kermes insect (, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
2. crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red

   قرمزی روز ― qermezi-ruz ― red sky before sunrise.

3. sanguine

Related terms

• قرمزی (qermezi)

References

• Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎^[2], Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 176–178

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian قرمز, from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”).

Noun

قرمز • (qirmiz) m (Hindi spelling क़िरमिज़)

1. kermes insect (, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
2. cochineal
3. crimson, vermilion

Related terms

• قرمزی (qirmizī)