Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܚ-ܪ (ḥ-r), related to freedom; compare Hebrew חֲרִיר (ḥărîr).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)ˈru.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈxru.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈħru.ro]

Noun edit

ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥərūrām (plural ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥərūrē))

  1. (in the plural) freedom, emancipation, enfranchisement, manumission, deliverance, discharge
  2. (in the plural) certificate of emancipation
  3. hole, opening, perforation
  4. eye (of a needle)
  5. cell (of a honeycomb)
  6. rictus
  7. (anatomy) pore (of the skin)
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܚ-ܪ (ḥ-r), related to freedom.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħɑˈro.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xɑˈro.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħoˈru.ro]

Noun edit

ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥārōrām (plural ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥārōrē), singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܘܪܬܐ (ḥārōrtā))

  1. liberator
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥrwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-26
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 115a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 156b
  • 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 488a-b

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