Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ܩ ܘ ܦ (q w p)
2 terms
 
ܩܘܦܐ

From Aramaic קוֹפָא (qōp̄ā); compare Hebrew קוֹף (kof), Middle Persian [script needed] (kpyk' /⁠kabīg⁠/, monkey), Akkadian uqūpu, and perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit कपि (kapi, ape, monkey).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qoːpɑː]

Noun edit

ܩܘܿܦܵܐ (qōpām sg (plural ܩܘܿܦܹ̈ܐ (qōpē), feminine ܩܘܿܦܬܵܐ (qōptā))

  1. monkey, ape
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Aramaic קוּפָּא (quppā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qup.pɑː]

Noun edit

ܩܘܼܦܵܐ (qūpām sg (plural ܩܘܼܦܹ̈ܐ (qūpē))

  1. carrying stave
  2. pole, bar
Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qofɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qofe(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1 edit

From Aramaic קופא, compare Hebrew קוֹף (qōp̄).

Noun edit

ܩܘܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܘܦܐ)

  1. monkey, ape
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ܩܘܦܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܩܘܦܐ)

  1. carrying stave, pole, bar
  2. cheap coffin, bier
  3. bezel, hoop (of a ring)
Inflection edit

References edit

  • qwp”, 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. 314b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 497a
  • 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, pp. 1338b-1339a