ܩܘܪܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܩ-ܪ-ܒ (q-r-b) related to approaching. Compare Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān) and Hebrew קָרְבָּן (qorbān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qurbɑnɑ(ʔ/ (singular)
  • IPA(key): /qurbɑne(ʔ)/ (plural)

Noun

ܩܘܽܪܒܳܢܳܐ • (qurbānā) m (plural ܩܘܪܒܢܐ)

  1. offering, oblation, sacrifice
    Synonym: ܝܩܕܐ
  2. (Christianity) Eucharist
    Synonyms: ܦܪܝܣܬܐ, ܓܡܘܪܬܐ, ܬܘܕܝܬܐ, ܩܘܕܫܐ, ܒܘܟܪܐ, ܦܓܪܐ, ܩܘܪܒܐ
  3. gift
    Synonyms: ܙܒܕܐ, ܡܬܠܐ, ܩܘܪܒܐ

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: Qurbana
  • Malayalam: കുർബാന (kuṟbāna), കുർബ്ബാന (kuṟbbāna), കുർബാനാ (kuṟbānā), കുർബ്ബാനാ (kuṟbbānā)
  • Arabic: قُربَان (see there for further descendants)

References

  • qwrbn”, 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. 329a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 498a
  • 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. 1343a
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