ܟܘܪܣܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܟܘܪܣܝܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא (kursəyā), from Akkadian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (kussûm), from Sumerian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (g̃ešgu-za /⁠guza⁠/); compare Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy), Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kisé), and Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ /⁠kussīʾu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܟܘܼܪܣܝܵܐ (kursyām sg (plural ܟܘܼܪ̈ܣܵܘܵܬܹܐ (kursāwātē) or ܟܘܼܪ̈ܣܝܹܐ (kursyē))

  1. chair, seat
  2. throne
  3. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see
  4. (architecture) pier, column, base

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian kussûm, from Sumerian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (g̃ešgu-za /⁠guza⁠/). Compare Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy), Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kissēʾ), and Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ /⁠kussīʾu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܟܘܪܣܝܐ (kursəyām (plural ܟܘܪܣܘܬܐ or ܟܘܪܣܝܐ)

  1. seat, chair
  2. throne
  3. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see
  4. diocese, jurisdiction
  5. authority
    Synonym: ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ
  6. head, leader
    Synonyms: ܪܝܫܐ, ܡܕܒܪܐ, ܡܕܒܪܢܐ
  7. palanquin, litter, sedan chair
  8. (architecture) pier, column, base

Inflection

References

  • kwrsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-10-17
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 154a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 211b
  • 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. 614b