قرمز

Arabic

Etymology
PIE word
*kʷŕ̥mis

From Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare Old Armenian կարմիր (karmir), Hebrew כַּרְמִיל‎ (karmīl), Iranian borrowings.

Noun

قِرْمِز • (qirmiz) m

  1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
  2. kermes dye color, a shade of red similar to crimson, scarlet or vermillion.

Declension
Declension of noun قِرْمِز (qirmiz)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِرْمِز
qirmiz		 الْقِرْمِز‎
al-qirmiz		 قِرْمِز
qirmiz
Nominative قِرْمِزٌ
qirmizun		 الْقِرْمِزُ‎
al-qirmizu		 قِرْمِزُ
qirmizu
Accusative قِرْمِزًا‎
qirmizan		 الْقِرْمِزَ‎
al-qirmiza		 قِرْمِزَ
qirmiza
Genitive قِرْمِزٍ
qirmizin		 الْقِرْمِزِ‎
al-qirmizi		 قِرْمِزِ
qirmizi

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان‎ (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض‎ (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب‎ (ʔašyab)      رَمَادِيّ‎ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب‎ (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر‎ (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر‎ (ʔaʕfar)      أَسْوَد‎ (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب‎ (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ‎ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم‎ (ʔadham)
             أَحْمَر‎ (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب‎ (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ‎ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر‎ (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ‎ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ‎ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر‎ (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل‎ (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل‎ (ʔašhal)              أَصْفَر‎ (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر‎ (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ‎ (qišdiyy)
             لَيْمِيّ‎ (laymiyy)              أَخْضَر‎ (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى‎ (ʔaḥwā)              نَعْنَاعِيّ‎ (naʕnāʕiyy)
             سَمَاوِيّ‎ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ‎ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ‎ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ‎ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ‎ (lāzuwardiyy)              أَزْرَق‎ (ʔazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ‎ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ‎ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ‎ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ‎ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ‎ (ʔurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ‎ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

References
  • Korn, Agnes; Warning, Georg (2017-07-26), “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore; Michel, Cécile; Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 173–187

Persian

Etymology
PIE word
*kwŕ̥mis

From Arabic قِرْمِز‎ (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست‎ (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), whence also the inherited doublet کرم‎ (kerm, “worm”).

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Pronunciation
    • (Dari): IPA(key): /qɪɾmɪz/

    Noun

    قرمز • (qermez)

    1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
    2. crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red
      ‏قرمزی روز‎ ― qermezi-ruz ― red sky before sunrise.
    3. sanguine

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References
    • Korn, Agnes; Warning, Georg (2017-07-26), “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore; Michel, Cécile; Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 176–178

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Persian قرمز‎, from Arabic قِرْمِز‎ (qirmiz), from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”).

    Noun

    قرمز • (qirmiz) m (Hindi spelling क़िरमिज़)

    1. carmine, crimson lake
    2. kermes (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make the deep reddish carmine dye); cochineal
    3. vermilion
    4. crimson

    Derived terms
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