barley

See also: Barley

English

A field of barley.

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere +‎ -ly. See English brew.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹli/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːli/
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Homophones: Bali (non-rhotic accents)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)li

Noun

barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
(Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Hypernyms

(grain crop): grain, cereal

Derived terms

barley beer
barley-bird
barley bird (Spinus spinus)
barley-brake
barley-bree
barley-broo
barley-broth
barley coal
barleycorn
barley fork
barley grass (Hordeum murinum)
barley-hood
barley itch
barley jointworm (Harmolita hordei)
barley midge (Phytophaga destructor)
Barley mild mosaic bymovirus
barleymow
barley reel
barley sack
barley sandwich (a beer - Canada)
barley scab fungus (Fusarium roseum)
barley scald (Rhynchosporium secalis)
barley smut (Ustilago nuda, Ustilago hordei)
Barley stripe mosaic virus
Barley stripe mosaic virus
barley-sugar
barley sugar
barley water
barley-water
barley-wine
barley wine
Barley yellow striate mosaic virus
caustic barley (from Schoenocaulon officinale)
common barley
four-rowed barley
foxtail barley
Himalayan barley (Hordeum aegiceras, Hordeum distichon)
little barley (Hordeum pusillum)
meadow barley (Hordeum nodosum)
mouse barley (Hordeum murinum)
pearl barley
sea barley (Hordeum marinum)
six-rowed barley
sprat barley (Hordeum zeocriton, now Hordeum distichon or Hordeum vulgare)
squirreltail barley (Hordeum spp.)
Tibetan barley (Hordeum aegiceras, Hordeum distichon)
two-rowed barley
wall barley
wild barley (Hordeum spp.)

Translations

Hordeum vulgare or its grains

Abkhaz: ақьар (akʲar)
Adyghe: хьэ (ḥe)
Afrikaans: gars
Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡 (mu)
Albanian: elb (sq) m
Arabic: شَعِير‎ m (šaʿīr)
Egyptian Arabic: شعير‎ m (šaʕīr)
Aragonese: ordio (an)
Armenian: գարի (hy) (gari)
Aromanian: ordzu n
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: cebada f
Avar: бугӏа (buʻa)
Azerbaijani: arpa (az)
Bashkir: арпа (arpa)
Belarusian: ячме́нь m (jačmjénʹ)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bhojpuri: please add this translation if you can
Breton: heiz (br)
Bulgarian: ечеми́к (bg) m (ečemík)
Burmese: မုယော (my) (mu.yau:)
Catalan: ordi (ca) m
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chechen: мукх (muq)
Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏔ ᎤᏛᏒ (ugata udvsv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大麥 (daai⁶ mak⁶)
Mandarin: 大麥／大麦 (zh) (dàmài)
Chuvash: урпа (urp̬a)
Cornish: barlys
Crimean Tatar: arpa
Czech: ječmen (cs) m
Dalmatian: vuarz m
Danish: byg (da) c
Dargwa: мухъи (muqi)
Dhivehi: ހިމަ ގޮދަން‎ (hima godan̊)
Dutch: gerst (nl) m
Egyptian:

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Erzya: шуж (šuž)
Esperanto: hordeo (eo)
Estonian: oder (et)
Faroese: bygg n
Finnish: ohra (fi)
Franco-Provençal: horgeo m
French: orge (fr) f
Friulian: vuardi m
Galician: orxo (gl) m, cebada (gl) f
Georgian: ქერი (keri)
German: Gerste (de) f
Greek: κριθάρι (el) n (krithári)
Ancient: κριθή f (krithḗ), κρῖ n (krî) (Epic)
Guanche: tano (Tenerife), aramotanoque (Gran Canaria), tamosen (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote)
Gujarati: જવ (jav)
Hausa: sha’ir
Hebrew: שעורה‎ (he) f (s‘ora)
Hindi: जौ (hi) m (jau)
Hungarian: árpa (hu)
Icelandic: bygg n
Ido: hordeo (io)
Ingush: мукх (muq)
Irish: eorna f
Old Irish: eórna f
Italian: orzo (it) m
Japanese: 大麦 (ja) (おおむぎ, ōmugi), オオムギ (ja) (ōmugi)
Kabardian: хьэ (ḥe)
Kalmyk: арва (arva)
Kannada: ಬಾರ್ಲಿ (kn) (bārli), ಜವೆ (kn) (jave)
Karachay-Balkar: арпа (arpa)
Kashubian: jãczm m
Kazakh: арпа (kk) (arpa)
Khakas: кӧче
Khmer: ស្រូវបាឡេ (srəwbaalee)
Komi-Permyak: ид (id)
Korean: 보리 (ko) (bori)
Kumyk: арпа (arpa)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جۆ‎ (ku) (co)
Northern Kurdish: ceh (ku)
Southern Kurdish: جۊیە‎ (cüye)
Kyrgyz: арпа (ky) (arpa)
Lak: хъа (qa)
Latgalian: mīži
Latin: hordeum n
Latvian: mieži
Lezgi: мух (muχ)
Lithuanian: miežis
Low German: Garst f
Luxembourgish: Geescht f
Macedonian: јачмен m (jačmen)
Magahi: please add this translation if you can
Maithili: please add this translation if you can
Malay: barli
Malayalam: യവം (ml) (yavaṃ)
Manchu: ᠮᡠᠵᡳ (muji), ᠠᡵᡶᠠ (arfa)
Manx: oarn f
Maranao: dawa'
Middle English: barly
Mongolian: арвай (mn) (arvaj)
Mòcheno: gerst f
Nanai: пуди
Norwegian: bygg (no) n or m
Occitan: òrdi (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: ѩчьмꙑ pl (jęčĭmy), ѩчьмꙑкъ m (jęčĭmykŭ)
Old English: bere (ang) m
Oriya: ଯଅ (or) (jôô)
Oromo: garbuu
Ossetian: кӕрвӕдз (kærvæʒ), хъӕбӕрхор (qæbærxor)
Persian: جو‎ (fa) (jow)
Plautdietsch: Joascht f
Polabian: jącmin m
Polish: jęczmień (pl) m
Portuguese: cevada (pt) f
Punjabi: ਜੌਂ m (jaũ)
Quechua: siwara
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: orz (ro) n
Romansch: ierdi, üerdi, giuta, giutta, giuotta
Russian: ячме́нь (ru) m (jačménʹ)
Sardinian: ogliu, olzu, orgiu, orju, orzu
Scots: baurley
Scottish Gaelic: eòrna m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јечам
Roman: ječam (sh) m
Shor: арба (arba)
Silesian: jynčmiyń m
Sinhalese: බාර්‍ලි (bārli)
Slovak: jačmeň (sk) m
Slovene: ječmen (sl) m
Somali: shaciir
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jacmjeń m
Upper Sorbian: ječmjeń m
Southern Altai: арба (arba)
Spanish: cebada (es) f
Sudovian: maizīs
Svan: ჭჷმინ (č̣əmin)
Swahili: shayiri
Swedish: korn (sv) n
Tabasaran: мух (muꭓ)
Tagalog: sebada
Tajik: ҷав (tg) (jav)
Tamil: வாற்கோதுமை (ta) (vāṟkōtumai)
Tat: жуьгь
Tatar: арпа (tt) (arpa)
Telugu: బార్లీ (te) (bārlī)
Thai: บาร์เลย์ (baa-lêe)
Tibetan: ནས (nas), འབྲུ ('bru)
Turkish: arpa (tr)
Turkmen: arpa (tk)
Tuvan: көже (köje)
Udi: му (mu)
Udmurt: йыды (jydy)
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎓𐎗 (šʿr)
Ukrainian: ячмі́нь (uk) m (jačmínʹ)
Urdu: جو‎ m (jau)
Uyghur: ئارپا‎ (arpa)
Uzbek: arpa (uz)
Venetian: órxo m
Vietnamese: lúa mạch
Võro: kesv
Walloon: oidje (wa)
Welsh: haidd (cy) m (collective), barlys (cy) m or f (collective)
Xhosa: irhasi
Yagnobi: яв (yav)
Yakut: нэчимиэн (neçimien)
Yiddish: גערשט‎ m or f (gersht)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can