Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Hebrew צַוָּאר (ṣawwāʾr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sˤawrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sˤawre] (plural)

Noun edit

ܨܘܪܐ (ṣawrām (plural ܨܘܪܐ (ṣawrē))

  1. neck, throat
  2. hump (of a camel)
  3. mountain ridge
Inflection edit
Synonyms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ܨ ܘ ܪ
1 term

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܨܘܪܐ (ṣəwārā) m (uncountable)

  1. dizziness
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Root
ܨ ܪ ܪ
1 term

See also ܣܝܪܐ (sīra) at least in certain meanings.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܨܘܪܐ (ṣūrām (plural ܨܘܪܐ (ṣūrē))

  1. powder, dust
Inflection edit

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܨܘܪܐ (ṣawrā) m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ܨܒܪܐ (ṣabrā, aloe)
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ṣwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ṣwr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ṣwrˀ”, 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, page 300b, 304b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 476b
  • 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 1281b