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 • (qirmizm

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

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْمِز (qirmiz)
singular basic singular triptote
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

Descendants

  • Medieval Latin: cremesinus
  • Persian: قرمز (qermez)
  • 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 (26 July 2017) “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[1], 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

 

Readings
Classical reading? qirmiz
Dari reading? qirmiz
Iranian reading? ġermez
Tajik reading? qirmiz

Noun

قرمز • (qermez)

  1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
  2. crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red
    قرمزی روزqermezi-ruzred sky before sunrise.
  3. sanguine

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Korn, Agnes, Warning, Georg (26 July 2017) “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[2], 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).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرمز • (qirmizm (Hindi spelling क़िरमिज़)

  1. carmine, crimson lake
  2. kermes (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make the deep reddish carmine dye); cochineal
  3. vermilion
  4. crimson

Derived terms