ܚܪܓܠܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ḥargil-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ħarˈɡɑ.lɑ], [ˈħar.ɡ(ə.)lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [xarˈɡɑ.lɑ], [ˈxar.ɡlɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ħɑrˈɡo.lo], [ˈħɑr.ɡlo]

The vocalization ḥargəlā is given by Bar Hebraeus (b. 1226 - d. 1286).

Noun

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ܚܪܓܠܐ (ḥargālā, ḥargəlām (plural ܚܪܓܠܐ (ḥargālē, ḥargəlē))

  1. cricket; large wingless locust
    • Peshitta, Leviticus 11:22:
      ܗܠܝܢ ܐܟܘܠܘ ܡܢܗܘܢ: ܩܡܨܐ ܠܓܢܣܗ: ܘܚܪܓܠܐ ܠܓܢܣܗ.
      hālēn ʾăḵol[w] mennəhōn: qamṣā lə-ḡensēh, wə-ḥargālā lə-ḡensēh.
      Of these you may eat: the locust in its kind, and the cricket in its kind.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: խարագուլ (xaragul)

References

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  • ḥrgl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-13
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “խարագուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 340a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 116a
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 304
  • Lagarde, Paul de (1877) Armenische Studien (in German), Göttingen: Dieterich, § 972, page 65
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 156a
  • 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 487a