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/ or IPA(key): /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 S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), 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, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւարս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 528a
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, 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 (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 101
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