ܟܪܟܕܢܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Persian کرگدن (kargadan).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kark(ə)ðɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kark(ə)ðɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānām (plural ܟܪܟܕܢܐ)

  1. rhinoceros
  2. (figuratively, animal anatomy) horn

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • krkdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 227b
  • 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. 654b