# քուրջ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
** քուրչ (kʻurčʻ) — Kharberd, Constantinople
** քուռչ (kʻuṙčʻ) — Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas
** քո̈ւրչ (kʻürčʻ), քո̈ւրշ (kʻürš) — Aslanbeg
** քըրչ (kʻərčʻ), գուրչ (gurčʻ), քըռչ (kʻəṙčʻ) — Ararat
** քըռճ (kʻəṙč) — Alashkert, Mush
** քուրչ (kʻurčʻ, “lay clothes, as opposed to զգեստ (zgest, “religious clothes”)”) — Romania, Suceava

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian քուրջ (kʻurǰ).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kʰuɾd͡ʒ/, [kʰuɾd͡ʒ]
** (Eastern Armenian, colloquial) IPA: /kʰurt͡ʃʰ/, [kʰurt͡ʃʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /kuɾt͡ʃ/, [kʰuɾt͡ʃʰ]

### Noun

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)
* (dialectal) old cloth, rag
    Synonym: ցնցոտի (cʻncʻoti)
    քրջի բազար ― kʻrǰi bazar ― flea market

#### Derived terms

* արչուքուրչ (arčʻukʻurčʻ)
* քրջոտ (kʻrǰot)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրջ”, 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 596b
* “քուրջ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
* Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “քուրջ”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* քուրչ (kʻurčʻ), գուրչ (gurčʻ)

### Etymology

The origin counts as unknown.
Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui connects with քուրձ (kʻurj, “sackcloth”) – the consonant variation finds its counterpart in Semitic cognates of this word, see there, and is explainable with Iranian origin, compare the relations of գանձ (ganj, “treasure”).
Note also Ingush къурд(а) (qʼurd(a), “rags; saddlecloth”).

### Noun

քուրջ • (kʻurǰ)
* old cloth, rag
** 17th century, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Ք-181:Քուրձ· արգոյ քուրջ կտաւոյ կամ ջվալKʻurj· argoy kʻurǰ ktawoy kam ǰval

#### Derived terms

* քրչանոց (kʻrčʻanocʻ)
* քրչավաճառ (kʻrčʻavačaṙ)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: քուրջ (kʻurǰ)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “քուրջ”, 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 596b
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “քուրջ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 788b
* ↑ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “քուրձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1013a
* ↑ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 336, 443

### Further reading

* Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “քուրջ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “chiffon”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 238b
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991) “Stugabanutʻyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), number 2, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 44
* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “քուրչ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 747