Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܚ ܕ ܪ (ḥ d r)
4 terms
 
ܚܘܕܪܐ

Etymology edit

From Aramaic חוּדְרָא (ḥūḏərā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈxud.rɑː]

Noun edit

ܚܘܼܕܪܵܐ (ḥudrām sg (plural ܚܘܼܕܪܹ̈ܐ (ḥudrē))

  1. (geometry) circle
  2. revolution, cycle, circuit
  3. circuit, cycle, course, series
  4. (ecclesiastical) khudhra, breviary of East Syriac rites
  5. Ellipsis of ܚܘܼܕܪܵܐ ܕܡܲܪܕܝܼܬܵܐ (ḥudrā d-mardītā, roundabout).

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܕ-ܪ (ḥ-d-r), related to circling.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈħuð.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈxuð.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈħuð.ro]

Noun edit

ܚܘܕܪܐ (ḥūḏrām (plural ܚܘܕܪܐ (ḥūḏrē))

  1. revolution, circling, going around
  2. (geometry) circle; sphere; circumference
  3. circuit, cycle, course, series
  4. globe
  5. circus, hippodrome
  6. company
  7. diadem
  8. (ecclesiastical) khudhra, breviary of East Syrian rites

Inflection edit

Irregular absolute and construct singular with a varying Waw.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • ḥwdrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-05-08
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 97b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 130a
  • 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 421b