Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܘ ܪ ܩ (w r q)
6 terms

Etymology

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Compare Arabic يَرَقَان (yaraqān) and Hebrew יַרְקָן (yarkán), יַרְקוֹן (yarkón).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [jar.qɑːnɑː]

Noun

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ܝܲܪܩܵܢܵܐ (yarqānām

  1. (pathology) jaundice; chlorosis, greensickness
  2. blight, mildew

Inflection

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܩ (w-r-q), from Proto-Semitic *waraq- (leaf). Compare Arabic يَرَقَان (yaraqān), يَرْقَان (yarqān) and Hebrew יַרְקָן (yarqān), יַרְקוֹן (yarqôn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jarqɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jarqɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Adjective

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ܝܪܩܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܝܪܩܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܪܩܢܬܐ)

  1. pale, yellowish, greenish

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Noun

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ܝܪܩܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܝܪܩܢܐ)

  1. paleness, pallor
  2. yellow, green
  3. blight, mildew
  4. (pathology) jaundice; chlorosis, greensickness
  5. kind of yellow bird

Inflection

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References

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  • yrqn”, 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. 145a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197b
  • 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. 585b