Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܕ (ḥ-r-d). Compare Arabic حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn) and Hebrew חַרְדּוֹן (ḥardōn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ħardɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħardɑne] (plural)

Noun

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ܚܪܕܢܐ (ḥarḏānām (plural ܚܪܕܢܐ (ḥarḏānē))

  1. agama
  2. crocodile
    Synonyms: ܢܗܢܓ, ܬܡܣܝܚ

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ḥrdwn”, 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, page 116a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 156a
  • 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 487b