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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܢ-ܘ-ܪ (n-w-r) related to illuminating. Compare Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (mənôrâ). The sense of "minaret" is influenced by Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܢܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܡܢܪܬܐ)
- candlestick, candelabrum, lampstand, menorah
- lighthouse
- minaret
Inflection
See also
References
- “mnrh”, 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. 200b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 283a
- 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. 785b