կարաս

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian կարաս (karas).

Pronunciation

Noun

կարաս (karas)

  1. large jar, pitcher

Declension


Old Armenian

An Urartian wine pottery known as karas in Armenian, from Argishtikhinili in present-day Armenia, dating back to the 8th century BC

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Similar words are found in other languages, but the interrelationship of these terms is uncertain: compare Georgian კასრი (ḳasri, barrel), Aghul хӏере́цӏи (ħeréc̣i, small earthenware mug), Lak гьарацӏи (harac̣i, middle-sized earthenware vessel), Kubachin Dargwa [script needed] (xarac̣e), Arabic كُرَاز (kurāz, a kind of jug with strait neck), Persian کراز‎‎ (korâz, idem), Aramaic כרז (krz, a type of container), Classical Syriac ܟܪܙܐ (krzʾ, pitcher), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, waterpot, pitcher, jar), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, water pail, pitcher; cinerary urn).

Noun

կարաս (karas)

  1. large jar for wine or water, cask, barrel
    • 5th century, Bible, Proverbs 23.27:
      Կարաս ծակ է տուն օտար, եւ ջրհոր նեղ՝ օտարոտին։
      Karas cak ē tun ōtar, ew ǰrhor neł, ōtarotin.

Declension

Derived terms

  • գինեկարաս (ginekaras)
  • կարասձագ (karasjag)
  • կարասի (karasi)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարաս (karas)
    • Russian: кара́с (karás)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կարաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 546ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), կարաս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1065a
  • Awgerean, Yarutʿiwn (1821) Bacʿatrutʿiwn čʿapʿucʿ ew kšṙocʿ naxneacʿ [Explanation of the Measures and Weights of the Ancients] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 110
  • Bugge, Sophus (1893), “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, pages 51–52
  • Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), կարաս”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Tparan G. Paɫtatlean, page 248a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), կարաս”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 391a
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կարաս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 332a
  • Scheftelowitz, J. (1904), “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 28, page 282
  • Կարաս (անոթ) on the Armenian Wikipedia.Wikipedia hy
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