ܟܢܪܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian [script needed] (kunār, kanār). Compare Persian کنار (konâr), Old Armenian քնարուկ (kʻnaruk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܟܢܪܐ • (kənārā, knārā) m (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kənārē, knārē))
- lotus (Ziziphus lotus tree and flower)
- medlar tree
- service tree
- name of a drug
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܢܪ | 1st person | ܟܢܪܝ | ܟܢܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܪ | 2nd person | ܟܢܪܟ | ܟܢܪܟܝ | ܟܢܪܟܘܢ | ܟܢܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܢܪܗ | ܟܢܪܗ | ܟܢܪܗܘܢ | ܟܢܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܢܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܢܪܝ | ܟܢܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܪܝ | 2nd person | ܟܢܪܝܟ | ܟܢܪܝܟܝ | ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ | ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܢܪܘܗܝ | ܟܢܪܝܗ | ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ | ܟܢܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *kinnār-.
Alternative forms
- ܟܐܢܪܐ (kennārā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɛnnɑrɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [kɛnnɑre] (plural)
Noun
ܟܢܪܐ • (kennārā) m (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kennārē))
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܟܢܪ | 1st person | ܟܢܪܝ | ܟܢܪܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܪ | 2nd person | ܟܢܪܟ | ܟܢܪܟܝ | ܟܢܪܟܘܢ | ܟܢܪܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܢܪܗ | ܟܢܪܗ | ܟܢܪܗܘܢ | ܟܢܪܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܟܢܪܝܢ | 1st person | ܟܢܪܝ | ܟܢܪܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܟܢܪܝ | 2nd person | ܟܢܪܝܟ | ܟܢܪܝܟܝ | ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ | ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܟܢܪܐ | 3rd person | ܟܢܪܘܗܝ | ܟܢܪܝܗ | ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ | ܟܢܪܝܗܝܢ | ||
Derived terms
- ܟܢܪܣܛܐ (kennāresṭā)
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: քնար (kʻnar)
- → Middle Persian:
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (knʾl /kennār/)
- → Sanskrit: किंनरा (kiṃnarā), किन्नर (kinnara, “deity of divine music; divinized lyre”)
References
- “knr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- “knr”, 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 158b
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , page 283
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 219a
- 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, →ISBN, page 636b