ܓܘܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܓ ܘ ܢ (g w n)
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Proto-Iranian *gawnah; compare Middle Persian gwn' (gōn, colour), gwnk' (gōnag, sort, kind), Persian ـگون (-gun, colour), گونه (guna, sort, kind) and Old Armenian գոյն (goyn).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.nɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒo.nɑː]

Noun

ܓܵܘܢܵܐ • (gāwnā) m sg (plural ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē))

  1. color, hue
    Synonym: ܨܸܒ݂ܥܵܐ (ṣiḇˁā)
  2. sort, kind, type, genre, species
    Synonyms: ܐܵܕܫܵܐ (ādšā), ܙܢܵܐ (znā)

Inflection

Hyponyms

Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)
     ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)      ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)      ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
             ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)              ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)              ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
             ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)              ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)              ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
             ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)              ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)              ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
             ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)              ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)              ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Old Iranian *gawnah; compare Middle Persian gwn' (gōn, colour), gwnk' (gōnag, sort, kind), Persian ـگون (-gun, colour), گونه (guna, sort, kind), Old Armenian գոյն (goyn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡaw.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.no]

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ • (gawnā) m (plural ܓܘܢܐ (gawnē) or ܓܘܢܢܐ (gawnānē) or ܓܘܢܘܬܐ (gawnawwāṯā))

  1. colour/color, hue
    Synonyms: ܨܒܥܐ, ܣܡܐ
  2. appearance
    Synonym: ܥܝܢܐ
  3. sort, kind, type, species
  4. remedy, medicine
    Synonyms: ܣܡܐ, ܥܩܪܐ
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic جُونَة (jūna).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡu.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡu.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡu.no]

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ • (gūnā) m (plural ܓܘܢܘܬܐ (gūnawwāṯā))

  1. drinking vessel; cup, goblet, glass
    Synonym: ܟܣܐ
  2. wooden kneading trough
  3. bronze pot
Inflection

Further reading

  • gwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
  • gwn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 64b-65a
  • 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, pages 216b-217a
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