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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܢ-ܚ-ܪ (n-ḥ-r) related to breathing heavily. Compare Arabic نَخِير (naḵīr) and Hebrew נְחִיר (nəḥîr).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܢܚܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܢܚܝܪܐ)
- (anatomy) nose, nostril
- (figuratively) lamp nozzle; gate bolt, flange
Inflection
References
- “nḥyr”, 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. 201b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 335b
- 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. 907b
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Noun
ܢܚܝܪܳܐ • (nḥiro) m
- (anatomy) nose