قرمز
Arabic
Etymology
PIE word |
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*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.
Declension
Declension of noun قِرْمِز (qirmiz)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِرْمِز qirmiz | الْقِرْمِز al-qirmiz | قِرْمِز qirmiz |
Nominative | قِرْمِزٌ qirmizun | الْقِرْمِزُ al-qirmizu | قِرْمِزُ qirmizu |
Accusative | قِرْمِزًا qirmizan | الْقِرْمِزَ al-qirmiza | قِرْمِزَ qirmiza |
Genitive | قِرْمِزٍ qirmizin | الْقِرْمِزِ al-qirmizi | قِرْمِزِ qirmizi |
Derived terms
- قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)
Descendants
- →⇒ Medieval Latin: cremesinus
- →? French: kermès
- → English: kermes, chermes, chermez, kermez
- → Translingual: Kermes
- → English: kermes, chermes, chermez, kermez
- →? Italian: chermes
- →? Spanish: carmes
- →? French: kermès
- → Persian: قرمز (qermez)
- → Urdu: قرمز (qirmizī)
- → Polish: alkiermes, alkermes, alchermes (Middle Polish)
- → Portuguese: alquermes, quermes
See also
أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab) | رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar) | 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) |
لَيْمِيّ (laymiyy) | أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā) | نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy) |
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy) | لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy) | أَزْرَق (ʔazraq) |
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy) | فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy) | وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy) |
References
- Korn, Agnes; Warning, Georg (2017-07-26), “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 |
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*kʷŕ̥mis |
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(key): /qiɾmiz/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /qɪɾmɪz/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /ɢeɾmez/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /qiɾmiz/
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 (2017-07-26), “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
Borrowed from Persian قرمز, 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)