جاورس

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (gʾwls /⁠gāwars⁠/, “sorghum, giant millet”), whence Persian گاورس (gâvars, “Setaria viridis”), Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܘܣ (gwrws /⁠gāwarws⁠/, “millet”), Old Armenian գաւարս (gawars), Roshani [script needed] (ǰäwaws), Khufi [script needed] (jawōwc, “millet”), Yidgha [script needed] (ɣawarso), from Old Iranian *gāwarsa-. Cognate with Northern Kurdish garis (“Panicum miliaceum”), Hindi ज्वार (jvār, “greater millet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.wars/, /d͡ʒaː.wa.ras/

Noun

جَاوَرْس or جَاوَرَس • (jāwars or jāwaras) m

1. sorghum, greater millet, jawar (Sorghum bicolor)
2. proso millet, broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Declension

Declension of noun جَاوَرْس (jāwars)‎; جَاوَرَس (jāwaras)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَاوَرْس‎; جَاوَرَس jāwars‎; jāwaras	الْجَاوَرْس‎; الْجَاوَرَس al-jāwars‎; al-jāwaras	جَاوَرْس‎; جَاوَرَس jāwars‎; jāwaras
Nominative	جَاوَرْسٌ‎; جَاوَرَسٌ jāwarsun‎; jāwarasun	الْجَاوَرْسُ‎; الْجَاوَرَسُ al-jāwarsu‎; al-jāwarasu	جَاوَرْسُ‎; جَاوَرَسُ jāwarsu‎; jāwarasu
Accusative	جَاوَرْسًا‎; جَاوَرَسًا jāwarsan‎; jāwarasan	الْجَاوَرْسَ‎; الْجَاوَرَسَ al-jāwarsa‎; al-jāwarasa	جَاوَرْسَ‎; جَاوَرَسَ jāwarsa‎; jāwarasa
Genitive	جَاوَرْسٍ‎; جَاوَرَسٍ jāwarsin‎; jāwarasin	الْجَاوَرْسِ‎; الْجَاوَرَسِ al-jāwarsi‎; al-jāwarasi	جَاوَرْسِ‎; جَاوَرَسِ jāwarsi‎; jāwarasi

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւարս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 528a
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 139
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 27 Nr. 64
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 101