ܩܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭪𐭬𐭫𐭩 (kmly /⁠kamar⁠/, “girdle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend”). See it for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qamrɑ(ʔ)], [q(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [qamre(ʔ)], [q(ə)mɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m (plural ܩܡܪܐ)

1. belt, girdle, strap

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܡܪܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܡܪ		1st person	ܩܡܪܝ		ܩܡܪܢ
	construct	ܩܡܪ		2nd person	ܩܡܪܟ	ܩܡܪܟܝ	ܩܡܪܟܘܢ	ܩܡܪܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܩܡܪܗ	ܩܡܪܗ	ܩܡܪܗܘܢ	ܩܡܪܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܩܡܪܝܢ		1st person	ܩܡܪܝ		ܩܡܪܝܢ
	construct	ܩܡܪܝ		2nd person	ܩܡܪܝܟ	ܩܡܪܝܟܝ	ܩܡܪܝܟܘܢ	ܩܡܪܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܡܪܐ		3rd person	ܩܡܪܘܗܝ	ܩܡܪܝܗ	ܩܡܪܝܗܘܢ	ܩܡܪܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܩܡܪܐ • (qamrā) m

1. (astronomy) Orion's Belt

References

• “qmr²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 248
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 322a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 509a
• 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 1379a