կուրծ

Etymology

From Old Armenian կուրծ-ք (kurc-kʿ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kuɾt͡s]

Noun

կուրծ • (kurc)

1. udder

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 667a
• “կուրծ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1974, page 248b

Etymology

Either from the root of կրծեմ (krcem, “to gnaw”), as if “something for gnawing”, or the root of կուրծք (kurckʿ, “breast”), because the stump is in the middle.

Noun

կուրծ • (kurc)

1. cabbage-stump, cabbage-stalk

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կուրծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կուրծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կուրծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press