կոր

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [kɔɾ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɔɾ]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կոր (kor).

կոր • (kor) (superlative ամենակոր)

1. curved, crooked

կոր • (kor)

1. (geometry) curve

From Old Armenian կոր (kor).

կոր • (kor)

1. scorpion

• կարիճ (karič)

From Turkish -yor (“present continuous tense suffix”). Alternatively, from կը (kə) +‎ որ (or).

կոր • (kor) (Western Armenian, colloquial)

1. Used in present and past continuous indicative constructions in order to differentiate from the simple present and past, respectively.

   կ՚երթամ կոր, գործ ունիմ ― k’ertʿam kor, gorc unim ― I am going, I have work [to do]

• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), “կոր 3”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House

The origin is uncertain.[1][2] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gowh₁-ro- or *gow-e/oro- from *gew- (“to bend”), and cognate with Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”), γυρός (gurós, “round”).[3][4] J̌ahukyan prefers derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gor-, from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).[5]

Possibly related to կեռ (keṙ), կորճ (korč), կուր (kur) and dialectal կոռ (koṙ). Compare also Central Kurdish کووڕ‎ (kûrr, “bent over, hunched”), Khotanese [script needed] (kūra-, “crooked”).

կոր • (kor)

1. curved, crooked

   ի կոր ― i kor ― bowed, inclined; down, below, downwards

   ի կոր կորացեալ ― i kor koracʿeal ― depressed, cast down

   ի կոր կործանել ― i kor korcanel ― to cut down, to overturn, to throw to the ground, to overthrow, to upset; (figuratively) to dishearten thoroughly, to strike with dismay, to confound, to abash

   ի կոր կործանիլ ― i kor korcanil ― to fall, to break down, to sink, to be overthrown;fig.to droop, to be disheartened, to give way, to lose heart, to be ashamed, abashed

   կոր գիծ ― kor gic ― curve

   կոր ի գլուխ, կոր ի կոր ― kor i glux, kor i kor ― ashamed, confused, depressed, humbled, debased, humiliated with hanging head, humbly, full of shame, quite confused, abashed, ignominiously

• → Armenian: կոր (kor)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Probably a tabu-substitution of the word for ‘scorpion’, from կոր (kor, “curved, crooked”), referring to scorpion's tail. For the semantics compare Persian کژدم‎ (každom). A relation with կարիճ (karič) is also possible.

կոր • (kor)

1. scorpion
2. (astronomy) Scorpius

• կարիճ (karič)

• Armenian: կոր (kor)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “kor”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 374–375