ორა

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Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Pontic Greek ώρα (óra), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).

Noun

ორა (ora) (Latin spelling ora)

  1. date, time
    1. duration, period, span
      ნანდიდი ხარკიში ოხორიზ დიდო ორაზ ვარ-დადგინენ
      nandidi xarǩişi oxoriz dido oraz var-dadginen
      Grandma can't stay for a long period of time in someone else's house
    2. moment
      ორა-მუში მოხთაში ბოზოფე ოხორიშენ გეფუთხუნან
      ora-muşi moxtaşi bozope oxorişen geputxunan
      The females go off from home when the moment is right
    3. season (of fruit or vegetable)
      შუკაში ორა გოლილამზ დო მა ჭეხნი ვა-მიხენუნ
      şuǩaşi ora golilamz do ma ç̌exni va-mixenun
      Cucumber is out of season, and I couldn't taste it
    4. epoch, age
      მჯვეში ორაფეზ პაპულეფე-ჩქუნი მწუშ ონჯირეზ ინჯირტეზ
      mcveşi orapez p̌ap̌ulepe-çkuni mǯuş oncirez incirťez
      In old ages, our ancestors slept on beds made of grain straw
  2. (dialectal, Vizha, Chanapeti) hour
    Synonym: საატი (saaťi)
    ამეტიქ კატა ნდღა-თანურიზ ეჲისელაჲიზ ჲექთენ “მუ ორა რენ?” ჲა დო იკითხამზ
    ameťik ǩaťa ndğa-tanuriz eyiselayiz yekten “mu ora ren?” ya do iǩitxamz
    As soon as Amet gets up every morning, "What time is it?"(literally "What hour is it?) he asks.
  3. (dialectal, VitseArkabi) weather
    Synonyms: ხავა (xava), ტარონი (ťaroni)
    მურეჯი ორა
    mureci ora
    Cloudy weather

Derived terms

References

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ორა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 177a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ორა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi