# قرمز
## Arabic
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *kʷŕ̥mis
From Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Compare Old Armenian կարմիր (karmir), Hebrew כַּרְמִיל (karmīl), Iranian borrowings.

### Noun

قِرْمِز • (qirmiz) m
* kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
* kermes dye color, a shade of red similar to crimson, scarlet or vermillion.

#### Derived terms

* قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)

#### Descendants

* →⇒ Medieval Latin: cremesinus
** →? French: kermès
*** → English: kermes, chermes, chermez, kermez
**** → Translingual: Kermes
** →? Italian: chermes
** →? Spanish: carmes
* → Persian: قرمز (qermez)
** → Urdu: قرمز (qirmizī)
* → Polish: alkiermes, alkermes, alchermes (Middle Polish)
* → Portuguese: alquermes, quermes

### See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text) :
| أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab) | رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy) | أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham) |
| أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy) | أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal) | أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy) |
| لِيمِيّ (līmiyy) | أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā) | نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy) |
| سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy) | لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy) | أَزْرَق (ʔazraq) |
| بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy) | فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy) | وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy) |

### References

* Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 173–187

## Persian
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *kwŕ̥mis
Borrowed from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), whence also the inherited doublet کرم (kerm, “worm”).
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### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qiɾ.miz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɪɾ.mɪz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɪɾ.mɪz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qɪɾ.mɪz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qiɾ.miz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qeɹ.mez]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qiɾ.miz]

### Noun

قرمز • (qermez)
* kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
* crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red
    قرمزی روز ― qermezi-ruz ― red sky before sunrise.
* sanguine

#### Derived terms

* قرمزی (qermezi)
* ماهی قرمز

#### Descendants

* → Urdu: قرمز (qirmizī)

### References

* Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (2017 July 26) “Armenian karmir, Sogdian karmīr ‘red’, Hebrew karmīl and the Armenian Scale Insect Dye in Antiquity”, in Gaspa, Salvatore, Michel, Cécile, Nosch, Marie-Louise, editors, Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD‎, Lincoln, Nebraska: Zea Books, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 176–178

## Urdu
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *kʷŕ̥mis
Borrowed from Classical Persian قرمز (qirmiz), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), from Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”).

### Noun

قرمز • (qirmiz) m (Hindi spelling क़िरमिज़)
* carmine, crimson lake
* kermes (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make the deep reddish carmine dye); cochineal
* vermilion
* crimson

#### Derived terms

* قرمزی (qirmizī)