Inherited from Aramaic קֵּשְׁתָּא (qeštā); compare Akkadian 𒄑𒉼 (qaštum), Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (késhet) and Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The latter noun is an occupation noun modified from the former; compare Hebrew קַשָּׁת (kashát).

• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key):
• ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key):
  • (Urmia) IPA^(key):

ܩܸܫܬܵܐ • (qištā) f (plural ܩܸܫ̈ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qištāṯā) or ܩܸܫ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qišyāṯā) or ܩܸܫܬܹ̈ܐ (qištē))

1. (weaponry, archery) bow
2. (geometry) arc
3. (graph theory) edge connecting two vertices
4. (physics) electric arc
5. (music) bow, as used with string instruments
6. (architecture, masonry) arch, archway
7. (orthography) breve diacritic mark placed beneath a consonant to indicate its softened pronunciation
   1. written under the letter pē changing sound from /p/ to /f/
   2. written under the letter bēṯ changing sound from /b/ to /v/
8. (typography, chiefly in the plural) parentheses, brackets

   Synonym: ܣܲܗܪ̈ܘܿܢܹܐ (sahrōnē)

• (symbol) ( ( ... ) ), ( )

• (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “bracket”), ܣܲܗܪܘܿܢܵܐ (sahrōnā, “parenthesis”), ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kawḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}

• ܩܸܫܬܵܢܵܐ (qištānā, “curved, arched”)
• ܕܲܩܝܼܩܵܐ ܩܸܫܬܵܝܵܐ (daqīqā qištāyā, “arcminute”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܥܢܵܢܵܐ (qištā d-ˁnānā, “rainbow”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹܐ (qištā d-malaˀḵē, “Cupid’s bow”)
• ܩܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (qištā yarīḵā, “longbow”)

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m sg (plural ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (qaššāṯē))

1. (archery) archer, bowman; soldier whose main weapon is the bow and arrow

ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (qaššāṯā) m

1. (astrology, astronomy) Sagittarius (constellation and zodiac sign)

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā)	ܬܲܘܪܵܐ (tawrā)	ܬܐܵܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀāmē)	ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā)	ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā)	ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā)	ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā)	ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā)	ܕܲܘܠܵܐ (dawlā)	ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Compare Hebrew קֶשֶׁת (qéšeṯ).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): , (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܩܫܬܬܐ or ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (archery) bow
2. (weather) rainbow
3. (architecture) arch
4. row, semicircle

The plural form ܩܫܬܐ (qeštē) is rare.

• ܟܫܛܐ
• ܩܫܛܐ

Modified from above. Compare Hebrew קַשָּׁת (qaššāṯ).

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (archery) archer, bowman

• ܟܫܛܐ
• ܩܫܛܐ

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. (dialectal) doorknocker

Compare Arabic قَشَّة (qašša) and قَشّ (qašš) and Hebrew קַשׁ (qaš).

• ܩܫܐ

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

ܩܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܩܫܬܐ)

1. stubble, dry stalks or grass or leaves
2. picking up sticks, gathering dry leaves

• “qšt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “qštˀ”, 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, pages 332b, 333a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 522b, 523a
• 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, pages 1418a, 1420b-1421a