ܛܘܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤurɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤure] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܪܐ • (ṭūrā) m (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

  1. mountain, hill
  2. field, countryside
Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܛܘܪܐ • (ṭawrā) m (plural ܛܘܪܐ)

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

References

  • 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
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