כרמא

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew כֶּרֶם (kérem), Arabic كَرْم (karm), Egyptian kꜣm.

Noun

כַּרְמָא • (karmā) m (plural כַּרְמַיָּא)

1. vineyard
   • c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 9:20:

     וְשָׁרֵי נֹחַ גְּבַר פָּלַח בְּאַרְעָא וּנְצִיב כַּרְמָא:

     wəšārē noaḥ gəḇar pālaḥ bəʾarʿā unəṣiḇ karmā.

     Noach began to be a man of the soil [a man who worked the land] and he planted a vineyard.

References

• “krmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–