կարմիրիմսի

Armenian

Etymology

From կարմիր (karmir) +‎ -իմսի (-imsi). Partial calque of Ottoman Turkish قرمزیمسی (kırmızımsı).

Adjective

կարմիրիմսի • (karmirimsi) (Istanbul)

  1. reddish
    Synonym: կարմրավուն (karmravun)

Further reading
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1952) Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 74
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