ܟܘܢܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܟ ܢ ܐ (k n ˀ)
1 term

Etymology

Cognate to Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya) and Hebrew כִּנּוּי (kinúy).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ (kunnāyām sg (plural ܟܘܼܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ (kūnāyē))

  1. (modern) surname, family name, last name
  2. kunya, epithet, cognomen
  3. title, appellation
  4. (grammar) nominative case

Inflection

See also

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܟ-ܢ-ܐ (k-n-ʾ) related to naming. Compare Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya) and Hebrew כינוי / כִּנּוּי (kinnūy).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܟܘܢܝܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܟܘܢܝܐ)

  1. name, title, appellation
  2. cognomen, surname, kunya
  3. naming, calling, mention
  4. (grammar) noun; nominative case

Inflection

References

  • kwny”, 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. 158a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 210a
  • 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. 610a