աշորա

Armenian

Աշորա (1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Often confused with հաճար (hačar).

Declension

Derived terms

  • աշարային (ašarayin)
  • աշարեղեն (ašareġen)
  • աշորախոտ (ašoraxot)
  • աշորացորեն (ašoracʻoren)
  • աշորյա հաց (ašorya hacʻ)
  • աշորուկ (ašoruk)

References

  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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