Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܪ (ḥ-r), related to freedom; compare Arabic حُرِّيَّة (ḥurriyya), Hebrew שִׁחְרוּר (šiḥrûr).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħurˈrɑ.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xurˈrɑ.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħuˈro.ro]

Noun edit

ܚܘܪܪܐ (ḥūrrārām (plural ܚܘܪܪܐ (ḥūrrārē))

  1. liberation, emancipation, manumission, enfranchisement
  2. discharge, release
  3. exemption
  4. (in the plural) liberty; boldness, audacity

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥwrr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-04
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 115a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 135a
  • 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 434b-435a

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