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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Either from the root ܐ-ܘ-ܐ (ʾ-w-ʾ) related to staying or from Middle Iranian *āwān. Compare Old Armenian աւան (awan, “village, small town”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܘܘܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܘܘܢܐ)
- inn, lodging
- (by extension) abode, habitation, dwelling, house, home, mansion
- (figuratively) heaven
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “ˀwwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-26
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 101–102
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 3b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 5a
- 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. 13b