Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܥ (ḥ-r-ʿ). Compare Hebrew חָרִיעַ (ḥārîaʿ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)riʕɑ], [ħarriʕɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)riʕe], [ħarriʕe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܚܪܝܥܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܪܝܥܐ)

  1. (botany) safflower

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ḥryˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157b
  • 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 491a