ܚܝܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܚܝܪܐ

Etymology 1

A misspelling of ܟ݂ܝܵܪܵܐ (ḵyārā), from Persian خیار (xiyâr).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xi.jɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܚܝܼܵܪܵܐ • (ḫīyara) m (plural ܚܝܼܵܖܹ̈ܐ (ḫīyare))

  1. cucumber: a long, green-skinned fruit with watery flesh, usually eaten raw in salads or pickled.
Declension

Etymology 2

Root
ܚ ܘ ܪ (ḥ w r)
10 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xa.jɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܚܲܝܵܪܵܐ • (ḫāyara) m (plural ܚܲܝܵܖܹ̈ܐ (ḫāyare))

  1. gaze, glance, look

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܚ-ܘ-ܪ (ḥ-w-r) related to gazing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħ(ə)jɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܚܝܪܐ • (ḥyārā) m (plural ܚܝܪܐ (ḥyārē))

  1. gaze, glance, look
  2. sight, countenance
  3. aspect
  4. (figuratively) appearance; presence; attention

Inflection

References

  • ḥyr”, 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 100b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 141a
  • 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 449a
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