ցորեն
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian ցորեան (cʿorean).
Pronunciation
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- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [t͡sʰɔˈɾɛn]
Noun
ցորեն • (cʿoren)
- wheat, Triticum
- ցորեն է թե՞ գարի ― cʿoren ē tʿe? 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 ― cʿoren hacʿ or čʿunes, cʿoren lezu ēl čʿunes ― (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 ― cʿoren čʿem kerel, arti kołkʿicʿ ancʿel 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 cʿore?nn es ― (literally: Are you wheat from the above field?) What makes you think you're better than us?
- տարեկան ցորեն ― tarekan cʿoren ― 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 (cʿoren) | |||
| dative | ցորենի (cʿoreni) | |||
| ablative | ցորենից (cʿorenicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենով (cʿorenov) | |||
| locative | ցորենում (cʿorenum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ցորենը/ցորենն (cʿorenə/cʿorenn) | |||
| dative | ցորենին (cʿorenin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ցորենս (cʿorens) | |||
| dative | ցորենիս (cʿorenis) | |||
| ablative | ցորենիցս (cʿorenicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենովս (cʿorenovs) | |||
| locative | ցորենումս (cʿorenums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ցորենդ (cʿorend) | |||
| dative | ցորենիդ (cʿorenid) | |||
| ablative | ցորենիցդ (cʿorenicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | ցորենովդ (cʿorenovd) | |||
| locative | ցորենումդ (cʿorenumd) | |||