ܝܪܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܝܠܐ (yallā)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waral-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈjar.lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈjar.lɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈjɑr.lo]

Noun

ܝܪܠܐ • (yarlā) m (plural ܝܪܠܐ (yarlē))

  1. lizard
  2. crocodile

Inflection

References

  • yrl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 145a
  • Löw, Immanuel (1912) “Aramäische Lurchnamen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 26, pages 129–132
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 197b
  • 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, pages 584b-585a
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