Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَرَن (waran). Doublet of ܝܪܠܐ (yarlā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈwar.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwar.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwɑr.no]

Noun

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ܘܪܢܐ (warnām (plural ܘܪܢܐ (warnē))

  1. kind of large lizard

Inflection

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References

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  • wrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • Löw, Immanuel (1912) “Aramäische Lurchnamen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in German), volume 26, page 129
  • 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 360b