հաղարջ

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A dialectal term that has been adopted as the standard designation of this plant and its berry in literary Armenian. Unattested in Old or Middle Armenian. The origin is unknown. Folk-etymologically explained as հաղ- (haġ-, grape) +‎ արջ (arǰ, bear), because bears like eating it.

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հաղարջ (haġarǰ)

  1. currant (shrub of the genus Ribes and its fruit)
    Synonyms: (shrub) հաղարջենի (haġarǰeni), (non-standard, colloquial) սմառոձինա (smaṙojina), (dialectal) ֆըռէնկ իւզիւմի (fəṙēnk iwziwmi), (dialectal) ղարաղաթ (ġaraġatʻ), (dialectal) կայծոռ (kaycoṙ)
    Coordinate term: ժոխ (žox)
    սև հաղարջsew haġarǰblackcurrant
    կարմիր հաղարջkarmir haġarǰredcurrant

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