ղեր

From Georgian ღერი (ɣeri), ღერო (ɣero).

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

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ղեր • (ġer) (dialectal)

1. stem, stalk (of plants and vegetables, especially if edible)

   Synonyms: ցողուն (cʿoġun), զոխ (zox)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “ղեր”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 694b, unaware of the origin
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895), “ղեր”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1816, page 392
• Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “ղէր”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 420a
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), “ղեր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui. Yaweluac ašxarhik baṙkʿ anvkaykʿ i grocʿ aṙ mez ełelocʿ [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Appendix of Dialectal Words] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1064c
• Mxitʿareancʿ, Aġēkʿsandr (1901) Pʿšrankʿ Širaki ambarnericʿ [Crumbs from the storehouses of Shirak] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 1)‎, Moscow and Alexandropol, page 323
• Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “ղէր”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 186a, unaware of the origin
• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “ղեր”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 351a