ܕܘܪܩܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܕܘܪܩܝܢܐ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek δωράκινον (dōrákinon), from Latin dūracinum (literally hard-berried); compare also borrowed into Arabic دُرَّاق (durrāq).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [durˈqiːnɑː]

Noun

ܕܘܼܪܩܝܼܢܵܐ • (durqīnā) m sg (plural ܕܘܼܪ̈ܩܝܼܢܹܐ (durqīnē))

  1. nectarine (cultivar of the peach distinguished by its skin being smooth and not fuzzy)

Inflection

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δωράκινον (dōrákinon), from Latin dūracinum, nominative neuter singular of dūracinus (hard-berried).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [do.raqˈqi.nɑ], [durˈqi.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [do.raqˈqi.ne], [durˈqi.ne] (plural)

Noun

ܕܘܪܩܝܢܐ • (dōraqqīnā, dūrqīnā) m (plural ܕܘܪܩܝܢܐ)

  1. apricot, peach

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: دُرَّاق (durrāq)
    • Northern Kurdish: teraqî
    • Ottoman Turkish: دراقی (durrakı)
      • Turkish: durakı

References

  • dwrqynˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 88a
  • 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. 288a
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