Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from Demotic grg or from the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כְּרַךְ (kəraḵ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kar(ə)xɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kar(ə)xe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵām (plural ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵē))

  1. walled city or town, fortress
  2. enclosure
Usage notes edit

A ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā) is generally larger than a ܡܚܘܙܐ (māḥōzā).

Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • Old French: crac

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ (kéreḵ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܟܪܟܐ (kerkām (plural ܟܪܟܐ (kerkē))

  1. roll
  2. scroll, codex
  3. book, tome, volume
  4. sphere
  5. eddy
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Akkadian 𒆠𒅕𒆪 (/⁠kirku⁠/, roll), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כְּרָכָא (kərāḵā, large mat). Doubtfully connected in the sense “woof” to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)rɑxe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܟܪܟܐ (kərāḵām (plural ܟܪܟܐ (kərāḵē))

  1. circuit, course
  2. revolving, revolution
  3. (astronomy) orbit
  4. bindweed
  5. woof, weft
Inflection edit

References edit

  • krk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • krk2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • krk3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 162b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 227b
  • Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎[1] (in German), Göttingen, page 43
  • 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, pages 654a–b