Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

  • Cognate with ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrāʾ, mountain), possibly from the root ܛ-ܪ-ܪ (ṭ-r-r). Compare Hebrew צֹר (ṣōr).
  • From *ܛܪܪܐ (ṭarrārāʾ), through dissimilation of r.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tˤarrɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤarrɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܛܪܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܛܪܢܐ)

  1. flint, rock

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ṭrn”, 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, p. 131b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 182b
  • 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. 554b