قرمز

Arabic

Etymology

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

  1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
  2. crimson, scarlet, vermillion, red

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʾalwān) (layout · text)
     أَبْيَض (ʾabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʾašyab)      رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَغْبَر (ʾaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʾaʿfar)      أَسْوَد (ʾaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʾaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʾadham)
             أَحْمَر (ʾaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʾaṣhab) ; قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)              أَمْغَر (ʾamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy) ; بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʾasmar)              أَصْفَر (ʾaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʾašqar) ; قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
             لَيْمِيّ (laymiyy)              أَخْضَر (ʾaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʾaḥwā)             
             سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy) ; حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)              لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy)              أَزْرَق (ʾazraq)
             بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy) ; نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)              فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy) ; أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʾurjuwāniyy)              وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy)

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:10.13014/K2S46PVB, →ISBN, pages 173–187

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), Persian *کرمست (*kermest), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (worm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɢeɾˈmez/

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

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:10.13014/K2S46PVB, →ISBN, pages 176–178

Urdu

Etymology

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)

  1. kermes insect (Kermes ilicis, an insect found on the kermes oak that is used to make crimson dyes)
  2. cochineal
  3. crimson, vermilion
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