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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܢܪ	ܟܢܪܝܢ
construct	ܟܢܪ	ܟܢܪܝ
emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ	ܟܢܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܢܪܝ	ܟܢܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܢܪܟ	ܟܢܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܝ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܢܪܢ	ܟܢܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܝܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܢܪܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܢܪܗܝܢ	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

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܟܢܪ	ܟܢܪܝܢ
construct	ܟܢܪ	ܟܢܪܝ
emphatic	ܟܢܪܐ	ܟܢܪܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܟܢܪܝ	ܟܢܪܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܟܢܪܟ	ܟܢܪܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܝ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܟܢܪܗ	ܟܢܪܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܟܢܪܢ	ܟܢܪܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܟܢܪܟܝܢ	ܟܢܪܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܟܢܪܗܘܢ	ܟܢܪܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܟܢܪܗܝܢ	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