ܚܢܐ

Diminutive of ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ (yōḥannān, “John”).

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ܚܲܢܵܐ • (ḥannā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܐ (ḥ-n-ʾ) related to bending.

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ܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. to bend a bow, to take aim

From the older form *ܚܐܢܐ (ḥaʾnāʾ), dissimilated from *ܚܥܢܐ (ḥaʿnāʾ), from Proto-Semitic *ḥaṣ́an-; related to ܚܢܘܬܐ (ḥannūṯāʾ, “uterus”). Compare Arabic حِضْن (ḥiḍn) and Hebrew חֹצֶן (ḥṓṣen).

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ܚܢܐ • (ḥannā) m (plural ܚܢܐ)

1. (anatomy) bosom; lap; pudenda, genitalia
2. hollow of a chariot

Compare Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ) and Hebrew חִינָה (ḥînâ).

• ܚܝܢܐ

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ܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܢܐ)

1. (botany) henna (Lawsonia inermis)

ܚܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܢܐ)

1. Alternative spelling of ܚܐܢܐ

• “ḥny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ḥnˀ”, 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. 109b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 148b
• 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. 469b