փիրուզ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փիրուզա (pʻiruza), փերուզա (pʻeruza), փերուզակ (pʻeruzak)
  • փիրուզայ (pʻiruzay), փերուզայ (pʻeruzay), փէրուզայ (pʻēruzay) traditional orthography

Etymology

From Middle Armenian, from Persian پیروزه (piruze). See فیروزه (firuze) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

փիրուզ • (pʻiruz)

  1. turquoise
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 61:[1]
      փէրուզայ․ թուրքէզէ
      pʻēruzay; tʻurkʻēzē
      փէրուզայ (pʻēruzay) = turchese

Declension

Derived terms

  • փիրուզագույն (pʻiruzaguyn)
  • փիրուզազարդ (pʻiruzazard)
  • փիրուզափայլ (pʻiruzapʻayl)
  • փիրուզե (pʻiruze)
  • փիրուզյա (pʻiruzya)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 247

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փերուզակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 500a
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