հաղարջ

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հաղարճ (hałarč) dialectal

Etymology

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- (hał-, grape) + արջ (arǰ, bear), because bears like eating it.

Pronunciation

Noun

հաղարջ (hałarǰ)

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

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