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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬𐭫𐭩 (kmly /kamar/, “girdle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend”). See it for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m (plural ܩܡܪܐ)
- belt, girdle, strap
Inflection
Proper noun
ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m
- (astronomy) Orion's Belt
References
- “qmr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 248
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 322a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509a
- 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 1379a