ցորեն

From Old Armenian ցորեան (cʿorean).

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

ցորեն • (cʿoren)

1. wheat, Triticum

   ցորեն է թե՞ գարի ― cʿoren ē tʿe^? gari ― (literally: Is it wheat or barley?) used when a baby is born: Is it a boy or a girl?

   ցորեն հաց որ չունես, ցորեն լեզու էլ չունես ― cʿoren hacʿ or čʿunes, cʿoren lezu ēl čʿunes ― (literally: When you don't have wheat bread, you also don't have a wheat tongue) If you are too poor to have anything to offer, you should at least be kind.

   ցորեն չեմ կերել, արտի կողքից անցել եմ ― cʿoren čʿem kerel, arti kołkʿicʿ ancʿel em ― (literally: I've never eaten wheat, but I have walked past a wheat field) I may not be formally educated, but I do know something.

   վերի արտի ցորե՞նն ես ― veri arti cʿore^?nn es ― (literally: Are you wheat from the above field?) What makes you think you're better than us?

   տարեկան ցորեն ― tarekan cʿoren ― hulled wheat, emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum, syn. Triticum dicoccon

2. wheat seed
3. (figuratively) wheatfield
4. (figuratively) bread