Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܒ-ܚ-ܪ (b-ḥ-r), related to examining; compare Arabic بُحْرَان (buḥrān).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [buħˈrɑ.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [buxˈrɑ.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [buħˈro.no]

Noun edit

ܒܘܚܪܢܐ (būḥrānām (plural ܒܘܚܪܢܐ (būḥrānē))

  1. test, trial, proving, visitation
  2. attack, turning point, decisive moment
  3. (medicine) crisis
  4. torture, affliction
  5. crucible

Inflection edit

References edit

  • bwḥrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-10
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 27b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37b
  • 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 125a-b