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ܟܪܒܣܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Via Middle Persian from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [karbɑsɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [karbɑse] (plural)

Noun

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ܟܪܒܣܐ (karbāsām (plural ܟܪܒܣܐ (karbāsē))

  1. fine linen, cambric, muslin, lawn
  2. (possibly) broker

Inflection

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References

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  • krbs”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-19
  • krps2”, 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 161b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1914–1915) “Karpas”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete[1] (in German), volume 29, pages 247–264
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 236
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 224b
  • 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 647a