կուռն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1] The basic meaning may be ‘curved/bending body-part’ and the word may be related to կռթունք (kṙtʻunkʻ), կոր (kor), կրուկն (krukn).[2]

Noun

կուռն • (kuṙn)

  1. back
    զկուռս տալ որմոյ ― zkuṙs tal ormoy ― to lean against a wall
  2. side
    առ կռան կալ ― aṙ kṙan kal ― to be near, present
    մերձ առ կռան կայ ― merj aṙ kṙan kay ― it is not far distant
  3. joint between the shoulder and arm

Declension
n-type
singular (uncountable)
nominative կուռն (kuṙn)
genitive կռան (kṙan)
dative կռան (kṙan)
accusative կուռն (kuṙn)
ablative կռնէ (kṙnē)
instrumental կռամբ (kṙamb)
locative կռան (kṙan)

Derived terms
  • կռնակ (kṙnak)
  • կռնապանակ (kṙnapanak)

Descendants
  • Armenian: կուռ (kuṙ)

References
  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուռն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 382

Further reading
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կուռն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուռն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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