ܣܗܪܐ

See also: ܣܗܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܣ ܗ ܪ (s h r)
1 term
ܣܗܪܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic סַהֲרָא (sahărā); cognate to Arabic شَهْر (šahr, month) and Hebrew סַהַר (sáhar, crescent).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sahrɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [sˤehrˤa]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [saːra], [saːrˤa]

Noun

ܣܲܗܪܵܐ • (sahrā) m sg (plural ܣܲܗܪܹ̈ܐ (sahrē) or ܣܲܗܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (sahrānē))

  1. (astronomy) moon

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܝܘܼܠܦܵܢ ܣܲܗܪܵܐ (yulpān sahrā, selenology)
  • ܡܸܣܬܲܗܪܵܢܵܐ (mistahrānā, lunatic)
  • ܣܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (sahrāyā, lunar)
  • ܣܲܗܪܵܢܵܐ (sahrānā, moon-shaped)
  • ܣܲܗܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (sahrānāyā, lunar)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic شَهْر (šahr) and Hebrew סַהַר (sáhar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sahrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܣܗܪܐ • (Sahrā) c (uncountable)

  1. (astronomy) moon
  2. (alchemy) silver

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ܣܗܪܝܐ
  • ܣܗܪܢܐ
  • ܣܗܪܢܝܐ

References

  • shr”, 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, p. 221b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 362b-363a
  • 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. 974a
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