Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܘ ܪ ܩ (w r q)
6 terms

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jar.qɑːnɑː]

Noun edit

ܝܲܪܩܵܢܵܐ (yarqānām

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

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. pale, yellowish, greenish

Inflection edit

Noun edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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