# քուրձ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian քուրձ (kʻurj).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kʰuɾd͡z/, [kʰuɾd͡z]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /kuɾt͡s/, [kʰuɾt͡sʰ]

### Noun

քուրձ • (kʻurj)
* haircloth, sackcloth

#### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* քուրց (kʻurcʻ) — misspelling

### Etymology

Related to synonymous խորգ (xorg) and to Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܪܣܬܴܐ (kūrsəṯā), ܟܽܘܪܣܴܐ (kūrsā), ܟܽܘܪܙܴܐ (kūrzā), ܟܽܘܪܓܴܐ (kūrgā, “small bag”), Arabic خُرْج (ḵurj, “saddlebag”), كُرْز (kurz, “bag of a herdsman”), and easily with Middle Armenian քուրջ (kʻurǰ, “old rag”), كُرَاز (kurāz, “cantharus”), Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “large jar”) from Iranian.

### Noun

քուրձ • (kʻurj)
* haircloth, sackcloth
    Synonyms: խորգ (xorg), մազեղէն (mazełēn), խարազն (xarazn)
    քուրձ զգենուլ ― kʻurj zgenul ― to put on or to wear haircloth
* bag, sack

#### Derived terms

* քրձազգած (kʻrjazgac)
* քրձազգածութիւն (kʻrjazgacutʻiwn)
* քրձազգեաց (kʻrjazgeacʻ)
* քրձազգեստ (kʻrjazgest)
* քրձազգեցեալ (kʻrjazgecʻeal)
* քրձեայ (kʻrjeay)
* քրձեղէն (kʻrjełēn)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: քույց (kʻuycʻ), քուրց (kʻurcʻ, “sack”) (dialectal, Zeytun)
* → Armenian: քուրձ (kʻurj) (literary)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրձ”, 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, pages 595–596
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քուրձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 194
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 81–82
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 258
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “քուրձ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 788a
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 46, pages 238–239 Nr. 46
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1892) “Die semitischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 46, page 254 Nr. 133
* Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, pages 57–58
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “քուրձ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “քուրձ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
* Nöldeke, Theodor (1876) “[Anzeige zu] Kalilag und Damnag. Alte syrische Uebersetzung des indischen Fürstenspiegels. Text und deutsche Uebersetzung von Gustav Bickell. Mit einer Einleitung von Theodor Benfey. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1876”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 30, page 768
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քուրձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* “kwrsh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “kwrgˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* “kwrzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–