ܩܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬𐭫𐭩 (kmly /⁠kamar⁠/, “girdle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend”). See it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qamrɑ(ʔ)], [q(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qamre(ʔ)], [q(ə)mɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m (plural ܩܡܪܐ)

1. belt, girdle, strap

Inflection

    inflection of ܩܡܪܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܩܡܪ	ܩܡܪܝܢ
construct	ܩܡܪ	ܩܡܪܝ
emphatic	ܩܡܪܐ	ܩܡܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܩܡܪܝ	ܩܡܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܩܡܪܟ	ܩܡܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܩܡܪܟܝ	ܩܡܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܩܡܪܗ	ܩܡܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܩܡܪܗ	ܩܡܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܩܡܪܢ	ܩܡܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܩܡܪܟܘܢ	ܩܡܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܩܡܪܟܝܢ	ܩܡܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܩܡܪܗܘܢ	ܩܡܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܩܡܪܗܝܢ	ܩܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m

1. (astronomy) Orion's Belt

References

• “qmr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 248
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 322a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509a
• 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 1379a