քուռակ
Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Armenian քուռակ (kʻuṙak).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /kʰuˈrɑk/, [kʰurɑ́k]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kuˈrɑɡ/, [kʰurɑ́ɡ]
Noun
քուռակ • (kʻuṙak)
- young of a horse or a donkey, colt, foal
- (derogatory) a generic mild insult
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
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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
- (young of a horse): մտրուկ (mtruk)
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)
Derived terms
- իշքուռակ (iškʻuṙak)
- ձիաքուռակ (jiakʻuṙak)
- քուռկութիւն (kʻuṙkutʻiwn)
- քուռկցաւ (kʻuṙkcʻaw)
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
Categories:
- Armenian terms inherited from Middle Armenian
- Armenian terms derived from Middle Armenian
- Armenian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Armenian lemmas
- Armenian nouns
- Armenian derogatory terms
- hy:Baby animals
- hy:Equids
- hy:Livestock
- Middle Armenian terms inherited from Old Armenian
- Middle Armenian terms derived from Old Armenian
- Middle Armenian terms derived from Iranian languages
- Middle Armenian lemmas
- Middle Armenian nouns
- axm:Baby animals
- axm:Equids
- axm:Livestock