ܚܢܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Persian خنجر (xanjar) and Arabic خَنْجَر (ḵanjar)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħanɡ(ə)rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħanɡ(ə)re] (plural)

Noun

ܚܢܓܪܐ • (ḥangərā) m (plural ܚܢܓܪܐ (ḥangərē))

  1. dagger

Inflection

References

  • ḥngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • 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 470a
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