ܟܢܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܟܢܪܐ • (kənārā, knārā) m (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kənārē, knārē))

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

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܢܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܢܪ		1st person	ܟܢܪܝ		ܟܢܪܢ
	construct	ܟܢܪ		2nd person	ܟܢܪܟ	ܟܢܪܟܝ	ܟܢܪܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܢܪܝܢ		1st person	ܟܢܪܝ		ܟܢܪܝܢ
	construct	ܟܢܪܝ		2nd person	ܟܢܪܝܟ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝ	ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܪܘܗܝ	ܟܢܪܝܗ	ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *kinnār-.

Alternative forms

• ܟܐܢܪܐ (kennārā)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܟܢܪܐ • (kennārā) m (plural ܟܢܪܐ (kennārē))

1. stringed instrument; lyre, harp, cithara, cittern

Inflection

Inflection of ܟܢܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܟܢܪ		1st person	ܟܢܪܝ		ܟܢܪܢ
	construct	ܟܢܪ		2nd person	ܟܢܪܟ	ܟܢܪܟܝ	ܟܢܪܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܟܢܪܝܢ		1st person	ܟܢܪܝ		ܟܢܪܝܢ
	construct	ܟܢܪܝ		2nd person	ܟܢܪܝܟ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝ	ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ		3rd person	ܟܢܪܘܗܝ	ܟܢܪܝܗ	ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܟܢܪܣܛܐ (kennāresṭā)

Descendants

• → 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

• “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