գարի

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գարի (gari).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գարի (gari)

  1. barley

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥yom and cognate with Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, barley-corns), κρῖ (krî, barley), Albanian drithë (grain), Latin hordeum (barley), Old High German gersta (barley) (German Gerste) and Hittite [script needed] (karaš, wheat, emmer-wheat). Alternatively, a Mediterranean substrate word found also in Basque gari (wheat) and Old Georgian ქერი (keri, barley).

Noun[edit]

գարի (gari)

  1. barley
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 31.40:[1]
      Ապա փոխանակ ցորենոյ բուսցի եղիճ, եւ փոխանակ գարւոյ մորենի։
      Apa pʻoxanak cʻorenoy buscʻi ełič, ew pʻoxanak garwoy moreni.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        then may nettles come forth instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley.

Usage notes[edit]

In Job, translates Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ).

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գարի (gari)
  • Arabic: جَعْرَة (jaʕra)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 205

Further reading[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 199