ܩܪܐܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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In Jewish Babylonian Aramaic קַרְעָא (qarʿā), קַרָא m (qarā, pumpkin, gourd), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קרייה f (gourd), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܩܪܝ f (gourd), Mishnaic Hebrew קרויה (qērūyā, dried bottle gourd), apparently metathetical to Hebrew קְעָרָה (qəʿārā, bowl, basin), Arabic قَعْر (qaʕr, bottom, depth).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾām (plural ܩܪܐܐ (qarrʾē))

  1. gourd, pumpkin

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Arabic: قَرْع (qarʕ)

References

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  • qrˀ”, 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 328b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 545–548
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 517a
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3754
  • 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 1400a