գարի

Etymology

From Old Armenian գարի (gari).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɡɑˈɾi]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): [kʰɑˈɾi]

Noun

գարի • (gari)

1. barley

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥yom and cognate with Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley-corns”), κρῖ (krî, “barley”), Albanian drithë (“grain”), Latin hordeum (“barley”), Old High German gersta (“barley”) (German Gerste) and Hittite [script needed] (karaš, “wheat, emmer-wheat”). Alternatively, a Mediterranean substrate word found also in Basque gari (“wheat”) and Georgian ქერი (keri, “barley”).

Noun

գարի • (gari)

1. barley

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գարի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գարի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գարի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 199