Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Root
ܟ ܢ ܐ (k n ˀ)
1 term

Etymology

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Cognate to Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya) and Hebrew כִּנּוּי (kinúy).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ (kunnāyām sg (plural ܟܘܼܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūnāyē))

  1. (modern) surname, family name, last name
  2. kunya, epithet, cognomen
  3. title, appellation
  4. (grammar) nominative case

Inflection

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See also

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܐ (k-n-ʾ) related to naming. Compare Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya) and Hebrew כינוי / כִּנּוּי (kinnūy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kunnɑjɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kunnɑje(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܘܢܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܘܢܝܐ)

  1. name, title, appellation
  2. cognomen, surname, kunya
  3. naming, calling, mention
  4. (grammar) noun; nominative case

Inflection

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References

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  • kwny”, 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. 158a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 210a
  • 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. 610a