ܟܘܬܐ

• ܟܲܘܹܐ (kawwē)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic כַוְתָא (kawwǝṯā); compare the same in Arabic كُوَّة (kuwwa) and Hebrew כַּוָּה (kawwā́). Doublet of the native form ܟܲܘܹܐ (kawwē).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [koːtɑː]

ܟܵܘܬܵܐ • (kāwtā) f sg (plural ܟܵܘܹ̈ܐ (kāwē) or ܟܵܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ (kāwātē))

1. window (An opening usually covered by panes of glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.)

   ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܚܸܒܵܐ ܬ݇ܚܘܿܬ ܟܵܘܬܵܐ ܕܡܘܼܚܸܒܬܹܗ

   šmiʿlan zmārtā d-muḵibā ḵot kāwtā d-muḵibtēh.

   We heard the song of a lover beneath the window of his beloved.

   • 1 Kings 7:4

     ܐܝܼܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܟܵܘܹ̈ܐ ܫܲܦ̮ܩܵܢܵܐ ܒܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܣܸܕܪܹ̈ܐ، ܘܟܵܘܬܵܐ ܕܲܠܩܘܼܒ݂ܠ ܟܵܘܬܵܐ ܬܠܵܬ ܓܵܗܹ̈ܐ.

     ītwāw kāwē šafqānē b-tlātā sidrē, w-kāwtā dalquwl kāwtā tlāt gāhē.

     There were transparent windows in three rows, and window opposite the other window three times.

2. (graphical user interface) window (A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.)

Compare Arabic كُوَّة (kuwwa) and Hebrew כַּוָּה (kawwā́).

• IPA^(key): [kaw(wə)θɑ]

ܟܘܬܐ • (kawwǝṯā) f (plural ܟܘܐ (kawwē))

1. window
2. opening, aperture, hole
3. recess, cave, cavern
4. lattice
5. pigeonhole, dovecote, dovehouse
6. edge
7. shelf, bookcase

From the unattested form *ܟܘܬܚܐ (kūtḥā), from ܟܘܕܚܐ (kūḏḥā), possibly from Middle Iranian.

• IPA^(key): [kuttɑ]

ܟܘܬܐ • (kūtā) f (uncountable)

1. food preserved in vinegar

• “kwh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “kwtˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 152a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 206b, 212a
• 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 616a