Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [m(ə)nɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܢܪܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܡܢܪܬܐ)

  1. candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
  2. lighthouse
  3. minaret

Inflection edit

See also edit

References edit

  • mnrh”, 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, p. 200b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 283a
  • 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, p. 785b