քուռակ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • քուռիկ (kʻuṙik) dialectal

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

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • քո՛ւռ (kʻúṙ), քո՛ւռի (kʻúṙi) used as vocative

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

  • 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, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (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], 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
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