# կոր
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /koɾ/, [koɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡoɾ/, [ɡoɾ]

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կոր (kor).

#### Adjective

կոր • (kor) (superlative ամենակոր)
* curved, crooked

##### Declension
#### Noun

կոր • (kor)
* (geometry) curve

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Armenian կոր (kor).

#### Noun

կոր • (kor)
* scorpion

##### Synonyms

* կարիճ (karič)

### Etymology 3

From Turkish -yor (“present continuous tense suffix”). Alternatively, from կը (kə) +‎ որ (or), but in any case influenced by Turkish -yor.

#### Particle

կոր • (kor) (Western Armenian, colloquial)
* Used in present and past continuous indicative constructions in order to differentiate from the simple present and past, respectively.
    կ՚երթամ կոր, գործ ունիմ ― k’ertʻam kor, gorc unim ― I am going, I have work [to do]

#### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1911) Hay barbaṙagitutʻiwn. Uruagic ew dasaworutʻiwn hay barbaṙneri (barbaṙagitakan kʻartēsov) [Armenian dialectology: A sketch and classification of Armenian dialects (with a dialect map)] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 8) (in Armenian), Moscow and Nor Nakhichevan: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, pages 233–234
* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1961) Liakatar kʻerakanutʻyun hayocʻ lezvi hamematutʻyamb 562 lezuneri [Complete Grammar of the Armenian Language Compared to 562 Languages] (in Armenian), volume IVb, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 95–108
* Aytənean, Arsēn (1866) Kʻnnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn ašxarhabar kam ardi hayerēn lezui. Kʻerakanutʻiwn [Critical Grammar of the Vernacular or Modern Armenian Language: Grammar], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 98
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “կոր 3”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 476a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gowh₁-ro- or *gow-e/oro- from *gew- (“to bend”), and cognate with Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “ring, circle”), γυρός (gurós, “round”). J̌ahukyan prefers derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gor-, from *ger- (“to turn, wind”).
Possibly related to կեռ (keṙ), կորճ (korč), կուր (kur) and dialectal կոռ (koṙ). Compare also Central Kurdish کووڕ (kûrr, “bent over, hunched”), Khotanese [script needed] (kūra-, “crooked”).

#### Adjective

կոր • (kor)
* curved, crooked
    ի կոր ― i kor ― bowed, inclined; down, below, downwards
    ի կոր կորացեալ ― i kor koracʻeal ― depressed, cast down
    ի կոր կործանել ― i kor korcanel ― to cut down, to overturn, to throw to the ground, to overthrow, to upset; (figuratively) to dishearten thoroughly, to strike with dismay, to confound, to abash
    ի կոր կործանիլ ― i kor korcanil ― to fall, to break down, to sink, to be overthrown;fig.to droop, to be disheartened, to give way, to lose heart, to be ashamed, abashed
    կոր գիծ ― kor gic ― curve
    կոր ի գլուխ, կոր ի կոր ― kor i glux, kor i kor ― ashamed, confused, depressed, humbled, debased, humiliated with hanging head, humbly, full of shame, quite confused, abashed, ignominiously

##### Derived terms

* ակնակորիմ (aknakorim)
* ակնկոր (aknkor)
* ակնկորեմ (aknkorem)
* ակնկորիմ (aknkorim)
* ակնկորութիւն (aknkorutʻiwn)
* անկորանալի (ankoranali)
* անկորացուցանելի (ankoracʻucʻaneli)
* գլխակորիմ (glxakorim)
* կամակոր (kamakor)
* կամակորախօս (kamakoraxōs)
* կամակորեմ (kamakorem)
* կամակորութիւն (kamakorutʻiwn)
* կորագլխութիւն (koraglxutʻiwn)
* կորագլուխ (koraglux)
* կորակնեմ (koraknem)
* կորակոր (korakor)
* կորակտուց (koraktucʻ)
* կորամագիլ (koramagil)
* կորանամ (koranam)
* կորանման (koranman)
* կորանք (korankʻ)
* կորացումն (koracʻumn)
* կորացուցանեմ (koracʻucʻanem)
* կորացուցիչ (koracʻucʻičʻ)
* կորաքամակութիւն (korakʻamakutʻiwn)
* կորնթարդ (korntʻard)
* կորունչ (korunčʻ)
* քամակակոր (kʻamakakor)

##### Descendants

* → Armenian: կոր (kor)

#### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “kor”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 373–374
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 397
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 199
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կոր”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 422b

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2

Probably a tabu-substitution of the word for ‘scorpion’, from կոր (kor, “curved, crooked”), referring to scorpion's tail. For the semantics compare Persian کژدم (každom). A relation with կարիճ (karič) is also possible.

#### Noun

կոր • (kor)
* scorpion
* (astronomy) Scorpius

##### Declension

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

##### Synonyms

* կարիճ (karič)

##### Derived terms

* կորահար (korahar)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: կոր (kor)

#### References

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “kor”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 374–375