Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܢ-ܥ-ܪ (n-ʿ-r) related to growling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [nɑʕortɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nɑʕorɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāf (plural ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrāṯā), singular masculine counterpart ܢܥܘܪܐ (nāʿōrā))

  1. growler, roarer
  2. water wheel, noria

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), نَاعُور (nāʕūr)
    • Spanish: noria
      • English: noria
      • French: noria
    • Italian: noria

References edit

  • nˁwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 343a
  • 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, page 928a