Meaning of ցորեն | Babel Free

Definitions

1. wheat, Triticum
2. wheat seed
3. wheatfield
   figuratively
4. bread
   figuratively
5. Equivalent to 'wheat': Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Equivalents

Examples

“ցորեն է թե՞ գարի”

(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”

(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”

(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”

(literally: Are you wheat from the above field?) What makes you think you're better than us?

“տարեկան ցորեն”

hulled wheat, emmer wheat, Triticum turgidum, syn. Triticum dicoccon

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