աշորա

Armenian

Աշորա (1)

Alternative forms

• աշօրա (ašōra) — Lori, Erzincan
• շա՛րա (šára) — Karabakh
• աշարա (ašara) — Van
• աշորայ (ašoray), աշարայ (ašaray) — traditional orthography

Etymology

The origin is unknown. According to NHB, 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

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑʃoˈɾɑ/, [ɑʃoɾɑ́]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑʃoˈɾɑ/, [ɑʃoɾɑ́]

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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

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	աշորա (ašora)
dative	աշորայի (ašorayi)
ablative	աշորայից (ašorayicʻ)
instrumental	աշորայով (ašorayov)
locative	աշորայում (ašorayum)
	definite forms
nominative	աշորան (ašoran)
dative	աշորային (ašorayin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	աշորաս (ašoras)
dative	աշորայիս (ašorayis)
ablative	աշորայիցս (ašorayicʻs)
instrumental	աշորայովս (ašorayovs)
locative	աշորայումս (ašorayums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	աշորադ (ašorad)
dative	աշորայիդ (ašorayid)
ablative	աշորայիցդ (ašorayicʻd)
instrumental	աշորայովդ (ašorayovd)
locative	աշորայումդ (ašorayumd)

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

More information

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “աշարայ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 113b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աշարայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 216a
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “աշորայ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 132, page 43
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “աշարայ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 126, page 42
• Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “աշորա”, in Hayastani bnašxarh (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 207b
• Bdoyan, Vard (2014) J̌avaxkʻi hayocʻ azgagrutʻyunə ew žoġovrdakan banarvestə‎^[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 184, footnote 168
• Hambardzumyan, Vazguen (2014) Armenian and Indo-European: Essays on Comparative Lexicology of the Armenian Language (Comparative-typological Variativity)‎^[2], Yerevan: Academy Press, page 77
• Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка‎^[3] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 308
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “աշարայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 64a
• Kostandyan, D. M. (1979) Erznkayi barbaṙə‎^[4] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 151a
• Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, § 486, page 19
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben (1981) “աշորա”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran, Yerevan: University Press, § 59, page 10a
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “աշորայ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 198a
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “աշարայ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 191c
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013) “շարա”, in Ġarabaġi barbaṙi baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 567a
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “աշարա”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 72a
• Sruanjteancʻ, Garegin (1876) “աշարայ”, in Mananay, Constantinople: E. M. Tntesean, page 409