Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From the root ܚ-ܪ (ḥ-r), related to freedom; compare Hebrew חֲרִיר (ḥărîr).

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħ(ə.)ˈru.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈxru.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈħru.ro]

Noun

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ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥərūrām (plural ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥərūrē))

  1. (in the plural) freedom, emancipation, enfranchisement, manumission, deliverance, discharge
  2. (in the plural) certificate of emancipation
  3. hole, opening, perforation
  4. eye (of a needle)
  5. cell (of a honeycomb)
  6. rictus
  7. (anatomy) pore (of the skin)
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Etymology 2

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From the root ܚ-ܪ (ḥ-r), related to freedom.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħɑˈro.rɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xɑˈro.rɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħoˈru.ro]

Noun

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ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥārōrām (plural ܚܪܘܪܐ (ḥārōrē), singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܘܪܬܐ (ḥārōrtā))

  1. liberator
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References

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  • ḥrwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-26
  • 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 156b
  • 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 488a-b

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