ܟܢܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (kunār, kanār). Compare Persian کنار (konâr), Old Armenian քնարուկ (kʻnaruk).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑre] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܢܪܐ (kənārā, knārām (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kənārē, knārē))

  1. lotus (Ziziphus lotus tree and flower)
  2. medlar tree
  3. service tree
  4. name of a drug
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Semitic *kinnār-.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɛnnɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɛnnɑre] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܢܪܐ (kennārām (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kennārē))

  1. stringed instrument; lyre, harp, cithara, cittern
Inflection
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Old Armenian: քնար (kʻnar)
    • Armenian: քնար (kʻnar) (learned)
    • Georgian: ქნარი (knari)
  • Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (knʾl /⁠kennār⁠/)
  • Sanskrit: किंनरा (kiṃnarā), किन्नर (kinnara, deity of divine music; divinized lyre)

References

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  • knr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • knr”, 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 158b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 283
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 219a
  • 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 636b