جاورس
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Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (gʾwls /gāwars/, “sorghum, giant millet”), whence Persian گاورس (gâvars, “Setaria viridis”), Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܘܣ (gwrws /gāwarws/, “millet”), Old Armenian գաւարս (gawars), Roshani [script needed] (ǰäwaws), Khufi [script needed] (jawōwc, “millet”), Yidgha [script needed] (ɣawarso), from Old Iranian *gāwarsa-.[1][2] Cognate with Northern Kurdish garis (“Panicum miliaceum”), Hindi ज्वार (jvār, “greater millet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]جَاوَرْس or جَاوَرَس • (jāwars or jāwaras) m
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun جَاوَرْس (jāwars); جَاوَرَس (jāwaras)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَاوَرْس; جَاوَرَس jāwars; jāwaras |
الْجَاوَرْس; الْجَاوَرَس al-jāwars; al-jāwaras |
جَاوَرْس; جَاوَرَس jāwars; jāwaras |
| Nominative | جَاوَرْسٌ; جَاوَرَسٌ jāwarsun; jāwarasun |
الْجَاوَرْسُ; الْجَاوَرَسُ al-jāwarsu; al-jāwarasu |
جَاوَرْسُ; جَاوَرَسُ jāwarsu; jāwarasu |
| Accusative | جَاوَرْسًا; جَاوَرَسًا jāwarsan; jāwarasan |
الْجَاوَرْسَ; الْجَاوَرَسَ al-jāwarsa; al-jāwarasa |
جَاوَرْسَ; جَاوَرَسَ jāwarsa; jāwarasa |
| Genitive | جَاوَرْسٍ; جَاوَرَسٍ jāwarsin; jāwarasin |
الْجَاوَرْسِ; الْجَاوَرَسِ al-jāwarsi; al-jāwarasi |
جَاوَرْسِ; جَاوَرَسِ jāwarsi; jāwarasi |
References
[edit]- ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 157
- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1932) “The Development of Iranian r + consonant in the Shughni group”, in W.B. Henning Memorial Volume, London: Lund Humphries, published 1970, page 336
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւարս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 528a
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)[2], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 139
- Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 27 Nr. 64
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 101