ܘܪܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܘܪܠܐ (warlā), ܘܪܐܠܐ (/⁠wrʾlʾ⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَرَن (waran). Doublet of ܝܪܠܐ (yarlā).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈwar.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwar.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈwɑr.no]

Noun

ܘܪܢܐ • (warnā) m (plural ܘܪܢܐ (warnē))

  1. kind of large lizard

Inflection

References

  • wrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • Löw, Immanuel (1912) “Aramäische Lurchnamen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 26, page 129
  • 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 360b
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