არა

See also: არა-

Georgian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ara/, [aɾa]

Interjection

არა • (ara)

1. no

Particle

არა • (ara)

1. Alternative form of არ (ar)

Usage notes

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

See also

• არ (ar)
• არც (arc)
• ვერ (ver)
• ნუ (nu)

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Svan

Svan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : არა (ara)     Ordinal : [[]]?

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Semitic *ʔarbaʕ- (“four”). Cognates include Georgian რვა (rva) and Mingrelian რუო (ruo), ბრუო (bruo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrɑ/
• Hyphenation: ა‧რა

Numeral

არა • (ara)

1. eight

References

• 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