ܩܣܛܘܪ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܐܣܛܘܪ (qʾsṭwr)
• ܩܘܣܛܪܘܣ (qōsṭrōs)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr); compare Latin castor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qasˈtˤor]

Noun

ܩܣܛܘܪ • (qasˈṭˁor) m (plural ܩܣܛܘܪܣ)

1. beaver (animal)

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quaestor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qasˈtˤor], [qɛsˈtˤor]

Noun

ܩܣܛܘܪ • (qasṭōr, qesṭōr) m (plural ܩܣܛܘܪܣ)

1. quaestor, secretary

References

• “qsṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 324b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 511b
• 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. 1387b