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Classical Syriac
Etymology
With ܟܘܪܐ (kawwārā, “beehive”) and Hebrew כַּוֶּרֶת (kawwéreṯ, “beehive”) deriving from Akkadian 𒄀𒆤𒈣 (/kuru/, “short reed mat, collection or roll of reeds; a woven thing; hence a basket”), from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, “to twist, to wind, to turn; a bundle, unit of measure, a basketful of barley”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܟܘܪܬܐ • (kawwārtā, kūrtā) f (plural ܟܘܪܬܐ (kawwārātā, kūrātā))
- beehive, honeycomb
Inflection
Descendants
(taking Classical Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)
References
- “kwrh”, 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, page 154a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 612b