ܟܘܬܪܐ

Verbal noun of ܡܟܲܬܸܪ (mkattir, “to await”), learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

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ܟܘܼܬܵܪܵܐ • (kuttārā) m sg (plural ܟܘܼܬܵܪܹ̈ܐ (kūtārē))

1. continuation
2. awaiting, staying, remaining
3. persistence, stability
4. duration

Probably a variant of a cognate to Classical Syriac ܟܘܼܬܵܪܵܐ (kuttārā, “midday meal; continuation”).

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ܟܵܘܸܬ݂ܪܵܐ • (kāwiṯrā) m sg (plural ܟܵܘܸܬ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (kāwiṯrē) or ܟܵܘܸܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (kāwiṯrāṯā) or ܟܵܘܸܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (kāwiṯrānē))

1. lunch (light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day)
2. (dialectal) noon, early afternoon

   Synonym: ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā)

From the root ܟ ܬ ܪ related to staying.

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ܟܘܬܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܬܪܐ)

1. awaiting, staying, remaining
2. persistence, stability
3. duration

• “kwtr”, 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 165b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212b
• 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, →ISBN, page 617a