ܩܪܐܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

In Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קַרְעָא (qarʿā), קַרָא m (qarā, pumpkin, gourd), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קרייה f (gourd), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܩܪܝ f (gourd), Mishnaic Hebrew קרויה (qērūyā, dried bottle gourd), apparently metathetical to Hebrew קְעָרָה (qəʿārā, bowl, basin), Arabic قَعْر (qaʕr, bottom, depth).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾām (plural ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾē))

  1. gourd, pumpkin

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: قَرْع (qarʕ)

References

  • qrˀ”, 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 328b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 545–548
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517a
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3754
  • 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 1400a