քուռակ

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak).

Pronunciation

Noun

քուռակ (kʻuṙak)

  1. young of a horse or a donkey, colt, foal
  2. (derogatory) a generic mild insult

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative քուռակ (kʻuṙak) քուռակներ (kʻuṙakner)
dative քուռակի (kʻuṙaki) քուռակների (kʻuṙakneri)
ablative քուռակից (kʻuṙakicʻ) քուռակներից (kʻuṙaknericʻ)
instrumental քուռակով (kʻuṙakov) քուռակներով (kʻuṙaknerov)
locative
definite forms
nominative քուռակը/քուռակն (kʻuṙakə/kʻuṙakn) քուռակները/քուռակներն (kʻuṙaknerə/kʻuṙaknern)
dative քուռակին (kʻuṙakin) քուռակներին (kʻuṙaknerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative քուռակս (kʻuṙaks) քուռակներս (kʻuṙakners)
dative քուռակիս (kʻuṙakis) քուռակներիս (kʻuṙakneris)
ablative քուռակիցս (kʻuṙakicʻs) քուռակներիցս (kʻuṙaknericʻs)
instrumental քուռակովս (kʻuṙakovs) քուռակներովս (kʻuṙaknerovs)
locative
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative քուռակդ (kʻuṙakd) քուռակներդ (kʻuṙaknerd)
dative քուռակիդ (kʻuṙakid) քուռակներիդ (kʻuṙaknerid)
ablative քուռակիցդ (kʻuṙakicʻd) քուռակներիցդ (kʻuṙaknericʻd)
instrumental քուռակովդ (kʻuṙakovd) քուռակներովդ (kʻuṙaknerovd)
locative

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 801, page 158

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian *քուռակ (*kʻuṙak), an Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwlk' /⁠kurrag⁠/, colt), Northern Kurdish kurrik (young of horse or donkey), Persian کره (korre, young of horse or donkey), and see the latter for more.

Noun

քուռակ (kʻuṙak)

  1. young of a horse or a donkey, colt, foal

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: քուռակ (kʻuṙak)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուռակ”, 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, page 594ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քուռակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 258
  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “քուռակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 816a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “քուռակ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[1], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 747
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուռակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy