جاورس

Arabic

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaː.wars/, /d͡ʒaː.wa.ras/

Noun

جَاوَرْس or جَاوَرَس • (jāwars or jāwaras) m

  1. sorghum, greater millet, jawar (Sorghum bicolor)
  2. proso millet, broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Declension

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

  1. ^ Asatrian, Garnik (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎[1] (in Persian), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 157
  2. ^ 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

  • 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, →DOI, page 101
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