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]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)

Noun

ցորեն • (cʻoren)

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
wheat seed
(figuratively) wheatfield
(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)

	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ցորենս (cʻorens)
dative	ցորենիս (cʻorenis)
ablative	ցորենիցս (cʻorenicʻs)
instrumental	ցորենովս (cʻorenovs)
locative	ցորենումս (cʻorenums)

	2^nd 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