Armenian edit

 
Աշորա (1)

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

The origin is unknown. According to NHB,[1] attested in Mxitʻar Goš's Law Code (late 12th century) as Middle Armenian աշարայ (ašaray), but the exact place of attestation is unknown.

Possibly a Semitic borrowing, ultimately from the word for "hair"։ compare Arabic شَعِير (šaʕīr, barley), شَعْرَى (šaʕrā, macchia), شَعْر (šaʕr), شَعَر (šaʕar) in plural أَشْعَار (ʔašʕār, hair; bristles). Typologically compare վարսակ (varsak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

աշորա (ašora)

  1. rye (grass of the genus Secale and its grain)
    Synonyms: տարեկան (tarekan), (dialectal) չավդար (čʻavdar), (dialectal) շլել (šlel), (dialectal) արիշ (ariš)
  2. (dialectal) newly grown grass, in particular newly grown and green wheat
  3. (Erzincan) winter wheat seed

Usage notes edit

Often confused with հաճար (hačar).

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References edit

  1. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “աշարայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 258b

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