Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܐ-ܨ-ܪ (ʾ-ṣ-r) related to heaping up. Compare Hebrew אוֹצָר (ʾôṣār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔawsˤ(ə)rɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔawsˤ(ə)re(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܘܨܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܘܨܪܐ)

  1. any place used for storage; treasury, storehouse, barn, granary
  2. (in the plural) corn; stores, supplies

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ˀwṣr”, 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. 4b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 7b
  • 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. 20a