grimiz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From older krȉmīz, kr̀mez m, back-formed from an undeclinable adjective krmèzli (“scarlet-coloured”), from Ottoman Turkish قرمزلی (kırmızlı), قرمزی (kırmızı), adjectives to Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz, “kermes”).

Noun

grȉmīz m (Cyrillic spelling гри̏мӣз)

1. scarlet (color)
2. scarlet (fabric)

Derived terms

• grȉmīzan

Further reading

• “grimiz”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025