ցորեն

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ցորեն (cʻoren), from Old Armenian ցորեան (cʻorean).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sʰoˈɾen/, [t͡sʰoɾén]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡soˈɾen/, [t͡sʰoɾén]

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Noun

ցորեն • (cʻoren)

1. 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

2. wheat seed
3. (figuratively) wheatfield
4. (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