ܩܘܚܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown, glossed Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós). Compare the Arabic flower name قُحْوَان (quḥwān).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [quħɑ], [qawħɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [quħe], [qawħe] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܩܘܚܐ (qūḥā, qawḥām (plural ܩܘܚܐ (qūḥē, qawḥē))

  1. pedicle, peduncle, stalk, stem, shoot

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • qwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-12-05
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 651a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 311b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 493a
  • 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 1326a