grimiz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From older krȉmīz, kr̀mez m, back-formed from an undeclinable adjective krmèzli (“scarlet-coloured”), from Ottoman Turkish قرمزلی‎ (kırmızlı), قرمزی‎ (kırmızı), adjectives to Arabic قِرْمِز‎ (qirmiz, “kermes”).

Noun

grȉmīz m (Cyrillic spelling гри̏мӣз)

  1. scarlet (color)
  2. scarlet (fabric)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “grimiz” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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