/ɑʃoˈɾɑ/, [ɑʃoɾɑ́], /ɑʃoˈɾɑ/
OriginThe 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).
- rye (grass of the genus Secale and its grain)
- dialectalnewly grown grass, in particular newly grown and green wheat
- winter wheat seed
Formsašora(romanization) · աշորա(nominative, singular, singular-only) · աշորայի(dative, singular, singular-only) · աշորայից(ablative, singular, singular-only) · աշորայով(instrumental, singular, singular-only) · աշորայում(locative, singular, singular-only) · աշորան(definite, nominative, singular, singular-only) · աշորային(dative, definite, singular, singular-only) · աշորաս(first-person, nominative, possessive, singular, singular-only) · աշորայիս(dative, first-person, possessive, singular, singular-only) · աշորայիցս(ablative, first-person, possessive, singular, singular-only) · աշորայովս(first-person, instrumental, possessive, singular, singular-only) · աշորայումս(first-person, locative, possessive, singular, singular-only) · աշորադ(nominative, possessive, second-person, singular, singular-only) · աշորայիդ(dative, possessive, second-person, singular, singular-only) · աշորայիցդ(ablative, possessive, second-person, singular, singular-only) · աշորայովդ(instrumental, possessive, second-person, singular, singular-only) · աշորայումդ(locative, possessive, second-person, singular, singular-only) · աշօրա(alternative) · շա՛րա(alternative, Karabakh)