ܩܘܠܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qoˈlon]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “member”).

Noun

ܩܘܠܘܢ • (qōlōn) m (plural ܩܘܠܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy, in the plural) members, limbs
2. (pathology) colic

Derived terms

• ܟܐܒܐ ܕܩܘܠܘܢ (kēḇā ḏ-qōlōn)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”).

Noun

ܩܘܠܘܢ • (qōlōn) m (plural ܩܘܠܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) colon (last part of the digestive system)

References

• “qwlwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-12-03
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 312a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 494a
• 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. 1329a