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Georgian
Pronunciation
Interjection
არა • (ara)
- no
Particle
არა • (ara)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Kartvelian *arwa-.
Pronunciation
Numeral
არა • (ara)
- 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