ճերմակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ճերմակ (čermak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ճերմակ • (čermak) (superlative ամենաճերմակ)

  1. (chiefly Western Armenian) white
    Synonym: սպիտակ (spitak)
  2. (figurative) white-haired

Declension

Noun

ճերմակ • (čermak)

  1. (chiefly Western Armenian) white
    Synonym: սպիտակ (spitak)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ճեփ-ճերմակ (čepʻ-čermak)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ճարմակ (čarmak)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing: compare Central Kurdish چەرمِگ (çermig, white) and Classical Persian چرمه (čarma, white horse; white ass; white hair).

Adjective

ճերմակ • (čermak)

  1. (of a horse) white
    Synonym: սպիտակ (spitak)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ճանճաճերմակ (čančačermak)
  • ճերմակաձի (čermakaji)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճերմակ (čermak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճերմակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 198a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճերմակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 189–190
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճերմակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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