աշորա

• աշօրա (ašōra) – Lori, Erzincan
• շա՛րա (šára) – Karabakh
• աշարա (ašara) – Van
• աշորայ (ašoray), աշարայ (ašaray) – traditional orthography spelling

The origin is unknown. According to NHB,[1] attested in Mxitʿar Goš's Law Code (late 12th century) as Middle Armenian աշարայ (ašaray), but the exact place of attestation is unknown.

Possibly a Semitic borrowing, ultimately from the word for "hair"։ compare Arabic شَعِير‎ (šaʕīr, “barley”), شَعْرَى‎ (šaʕrā, “macchia”), شَعْر‎ (šaʕr), شَعَر‎ (šaʕar) in plural أَشْعَار‎ (ʔašʕār, “hair; bristles”). Typologically compare վարսակ (varsak).

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑʃɔˈɾɑ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑʃɔˈɾɑ]

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աշորա • (ašora)

1. rye (grass of the genus Secale and its grain)

   Synonyms: տարեկան (tarekan), (dialectal) չավդար (čʿavdar), (dialectal) շլել (šlel), (dialectal) արիշ (ariš)

2. (dialectal) newly grown grass, in particular newly grown and green wheat
3. (Erzincan) winter wheat seed

Often confused with հաճար (hačar).

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “աշարայ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 113b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աշարայ”, 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 216a
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “աշորայ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 132, page 43
• Ališan, Łewond (1895), “աշարայ”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 126, page 42
• Ayvazyan H. M. et al., editors (2006), “աշորա”, in Hayastani bnašxarh [Nature of Armenia] (Əntanekan hanragitaran matenašar; 3) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopaedia, page 207b
• Bdoyan, Vard (2014) J̌avaxkʿi hayocʿ azgagrutʿyunə ew žołovrdakan banarvestə [The Armenian ethnography and folklore of Javakhk]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 184, footnote 168
• Hambardzumyan, Vazguen (2014) Armenian and Indo-European: Essays on Comparative Lexicology of the Armenian Language (Comparative-typological Variativity)‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 77
• Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 308
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աշարայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 64a
• Kostandyan, D. M. (1979) Erznkayi barbaṙə [The Dialect of Yerznka]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 151a
• Lagarde, Paul de (1854) Zur Urgeschichte der Armenier: ein philologischer Versuch (in German), Berlin: W. Hertz, § 486, page 19
• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S. (1981), “աշորա”, in Busanunneri hayeren-latineren-ṙuseren-angleren-franseren-germaneren baṙaran [Armenian–Latin–Russian–English–French–German Dictionary of Plant Names], Yerevan: University Press, § 59, page 10a
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “աշորայ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 198a
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “աշարայ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 191c
• Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), “շարա”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 567a
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “աշարա”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 72a
• Sruanjteancʿ, Garegin (1876) Mananay, Constantinople: E. M. Tntesean, page 409