ܟܗܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Either borrowed from or cognate with Hebrew כוהן / כֹּהֵן (kōhēn). Compare Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑhnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑhne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܗܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܗܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܗܢܬܐ)

  1. priest

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܟܗܢ
  • ܟܗܢܐܝܬ
  • ܟܗܢܝܐ
  • ܟܗܢܘܬܐ
  • ܟܘܗܢܐ
  • ܪܒ ܟܗܢܐ
  • ܪܝܫ ܟܗܢܐ

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: քահանայ (kʻahanay)

See also

References

  • khn”, 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, p. 151b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 206a
  • 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. 601b
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