կարիճ

See also: Կարիճ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կարիճ (karič).

Pronunciation

Noun

կարիճ • (karič)

  1. scorpion
  2. (dialectal, Karabakh) crayfish

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (klcng), 𐫞𐫏𐫡𐫉𐫗𐫃‎ (qyrzng /kerzang/), Persian خرچنگ‎ (xarčang), Central Kurdish قرژاڵ‎ (qirjall), قرژانگ‎ (qirjang), Southern Kurdish قِرژِنگ‎ (qirjing, “crab”).[1][2][3] Doublet of Middle Armenian քարժանկ (kʿaržank).

Noun

կարիճ • (karič)

  1. scorpion
    Synonym: կոր (kor)
  2. (astronomy) Scorpius
  3. (figuratively) thorny cudgel or stick

Declension

Derived terms

  • կարճախայթոց (karčaxaytʿocʿ)
  • կարճահար (karčahar)
  • կարճընդեաց (karčəndeacʿ)
  • կճընդեաց (kčəndeacʿ)
  • ջրակարիճ (ǰrakarič)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարիճ (karič)
    • → Georgian: კარიჭი (ḳarič̣i)

References

  1. Petermann, Julius Heinrich (1837) Grammatica linguae armenicae (in Latin), Berlin: Eichler, pages 25, 26
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1970), “A Range of Iranica”, in Mary Boyce, Ilya Gershevitch, editors, W.B. Henning memorial volume‎, London: Lund Humphries, page 27
  3. Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 226

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կարիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, deriving from a substrate language with Ancient Greek καρίς (karís, “general term for small crustaceans”) as a cognate, but this etymology should now be discarded.
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կարիճ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “կարիճ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 354
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կարիճ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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