არა

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See also: არა-

Georgian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: არა

Interjection

არა (ara)

  1. no

Particle

არა (ara)

  1. Alternative form of არ (ar)

Usage notes

  • The particles არა (ara) and არ (ar) are used interchangeably.
  • The adverb არა (ara) is a negating adverb, and is used answers when answering questions.

See also

Laz

Etymology 1

Noun

არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara, plural არაფე) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

  1. branch
    Synonyms: ნდალი (ndali), ტოტი (ťoťi), ყა (qa)
    წო ომრი არაფე ვარობღუნ
    ǯo omri arape varobğun
    This year the plum branches are not blooming

Etymology 2

Probably Reduplication of არ (ar, one).

Noun

არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara) (Chanapeti)

  1. in backgammon, when both dice fall with one
    Synonyms: ტუბი არ (ťubi ar), ჟურარი (jurari)
    არა ქომოხთაზნა ჰამ თავლი ბოჩოდინამ
    ara komoxtazna ham tavli boçodinam
    If all-one comes, I'm finishing this game of backgammon

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آرا (ara).

Noun

არა (ara) (Latin spelling ara) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. between
    ჟურ მცხულიშ არაზ ანტამა ვაირდენ. ეშიქაჩენ.
    jur mʒxuliş araz anťama vairden. eşikaçen.
    A peach does not grow between two pears, it gets stuck.

Declension

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Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ara”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არა3”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Svan

Svan cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : არა (ara)
    Ordinal : [[]]?

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ა‧რა

Numeral

არა (ara)

  1. eight

References

  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “არა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 94
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “არა”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo), Tbilisi, page 28