Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Persian آزار (âzar), as in its Hindustani name کالا آزار (kālā āzār) / काला आज़ार (kālā āzār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛðrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛðre] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܕܪܐ (ʾeḏrām (plural ܐܕܪܐ (ʾeḏrē))

  1. leishmaniasis
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Likely a borrowed “culture word”, also found in Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎗 (ảdr) and Old Assyrian 𒀜𒊒 (AD.RU /⁠adru⁠/) against Old Babylonian 𒈦𒃷 (maškanum) and 𒈠𒀝𒊏𒈾𒋾 (MA.AG.RA.NA.TI /⁠magrattu⁠/), which two only seem native Semitic coinage (equivalent to Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan) and جُرْن (jurn)).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛd(də)rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɛd(də)re] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܕܪܐ (ʾeddərām (plural ܐܕܪܐ (ʾeddərē))

  1. (agriculture) barn, farm, granary, threshing floor
  2. grain heap
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Akkadian 𒄑𒄟 (GEŠILDAG2 /⁠adāru, atāru, aṭāru⁠/, an indigenous tree, probably Populus euphratica); compare Hebrew אֶדֶר (ʾéḏer, a variety of tree), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎄𐎗 (ảdr, a variety of tree), Sumerian [script needed] (adar, a variety of tree or type of wood). Note also Old Armenian անտառ (antaṙ, forest).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɑðrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔɑðre] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrām (plural ܐܕܪܐ (ʾāḏrē))

  1. kind of tree: oak
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀdr4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀdr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2014-10-05
  • ˀdr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀdr3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2014-10-05
  • “adāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964, pages 102–103
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 3a
  • Olmo Lete, Gregorio del with Sanmartín, Joaquín and Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2015) “ảdr (III)”, in A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 112), 3rd edition, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 21–22
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 21
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5a
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 41
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 4a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 11a
  • Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2004) “A Botanical Snapshot of Ugaritic”, in Aula Orientalis[3], volume 22, number 1, Barcelona, page 112