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არა

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See also: არა-

Georgian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aɾa]
  • Hyphenation: არა

Interjection

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არა (ara)

  1. no

Particle

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არა (ara)

  1. Alternative form of არ (ar)

Usage notes

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  • The particles არა (ara) and არ (ar) are used interchangeably.
  • The adverb არა (ara) is a negating adverb, and is used answers when answering questions.

See also

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Laz

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara, plural არაფე) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

  1. branch
    Synonyms: ნდალი (ndali), ტოტი (ťoťi), ყა (qa)
    წო ომრი არაფე ვარობღუნ
    ǯo omri arape varobğun
    This year the plum branches are not blooming

Etymology 2

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Probably Reduplication of არ (ar, one).

Noun

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არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara) (Chanapeti)

  1. in backgammon, when both dice fall with one
    Synonyms: ტუბი არ (ťubi ar), ჟურარი (jurari)
    არა ქომოხთაზნა ჰამ თავლი ბოჩოდინამ
    ara komoxtazna ham tavli boçodinam
    If all-one comes, I'm finishing this game of backgammon

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرا (ara).

Noun

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არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. between
    ჟურ მცხულიშ არაზ ანტამა ვაირდენ. ეშიქაჩენ.
    jur mʒxuliş araz anťama vairden. eşikaçen.
    A peach does not grow between two pears, it gets stuck.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara[3]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[3] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[4], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[5], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა3”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[6], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Svan

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Svan cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : არა (ara)
    Ordinal : [[]]?

Etymology

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From Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ა‧რა

Numeral

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არა (ara)

  1. eight

References

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  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “არა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 94
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “არა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 28