Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Aramaic טורא (ṭūrā), Arabic طُور (ṭūr).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrām (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. field, countryside
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Arabic طَوْر (ṭawr), Hebrew טוּר (ṭûr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tˤawrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤawre] (plural)

Noun edit

ܛܘܪܐ (ṭawrām (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

  1. space of time or distance
  2. moment, instant
  3. interval, duration
  4. measure, size, quantity, extent
  5. territory, boundary, border
Inflection edit

References edit

  • ṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 125a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 170b
  • 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. 521a