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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܚ-ܪ-ܥ (ḥ-r-ʿ). Compare Hebrew חָרִיעַ (ḥārîaʿ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܪܝܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܪܝܥܐ)
- (botany) safflower
Inflection
References
- “ḥryˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157b
- 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 491a