ܛܘܪܐ

Classical SyriacEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Compare Aramaic טורא(ṭūrā), Arabic طُور(ṭūr).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrām (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. field, countryside
InflectionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Compare Arabic طَوْر(ṭawr), Hebrew טוּר(ṭûr).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [tˤawrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤawre] (plural)

NounEdit

ܛܘܪܐ (ṭawrām (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

  1. space of time or distance
  2. moment, instant
  3. interval, duration
  4. measure, size, quantity, extent
  5. territory, boundary, border
InflectionEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • ṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 125a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 170b
  • 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, p. 521a