ցորեն
Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian ցորեն (cʻoren), from Old Armenian ցորեան (cʻorean).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰoɾén]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰoɾén]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)
Noun
ցորեն • (cʻoren)
- wheat, Triticum
- ցորեն է թե՞ գարի ― cʻoren ē tʻe? gari ― (literally: Is it wheat or barley?) used when a baby is born: Is it a boy or a girl?
- ցորեն հաց որ չունես, ցորեն լեզու էլ չունես ― cʻoren hacʻ or čʻunes, cʻoren lezu ēl čʻunes ― (literally: When you don't have wheat bread, you also don't have a wheat tongue) If you are too poor to have anything to offer, you should at least be kind.
- ցորեն չեմ կերել, արտի կողքից անցել եմ ― cʻoren čʻem kerel, arti koġkʻicʻ ancʻel em ― (literally: I've never eaten wheat, but I have walked past a wheat field) I may not be formally educated, but I do know something.
- վերի արտի ցորե՞նն ես ― veri arti cʻore?nn es ― (literally: Are you wheat from the above field?) What makes you think you're better than us?
- տարեկան ցորեն ― tarekan cʻoren ― hulled wheat, emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum, syn. Triticum dicoccon
- wheat seed
- (figuratively) wheatfield
- (figuratively) bread
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ցորեն (cʻoren) | |||
| dative | ցորենի (cʻoreni) | |||
| ablative | ցորենից (cʻorenicʻ) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենով (cʻorenov) | |||
| locative | ցորենում (cʻorenum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ցորենը/ցորենն (cʻorenə/cʻorenn) | |||
| dative | ցորենին (cʻorenin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ցորենս (cʻorens) | |||
| dative | ցորենիս (cʻorenis) | |||
| ablative | ցորենիցս (cʻorenicʻs) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենովս (cʻorenovs) | |||
| locative | ցորենումս (cʻorenums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ցորենդ (cʻorend) | |||
| dative | ցորենիդ (cʻorenid) | |||
| ablative | ցորենիցդ (cʻorenicʻd) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենովդ (cʻorenovd) | |||
| locative | ցորենումդ (cʻorenumd) | |||
Alternative forms
- ցորյան (cʻoryan) — archaic, learned borrowing
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