ܟܘܪܟܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kurkû), from Sumerian 𒆳𒄄𒄷 (kur.gi4mušen). Also found as Arabic كُرْكِيّ (kurkiyy), an Aramaic borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kurk(ə)jɑ]

Noun

ܟܘܪܟܝܐ • (kurkəyā) m (plural ܟܘܪܟܝܬܐ (kurkəyṯā) or ܟܘܪܟܘܬܐ (kurkūṯā))

  1. kind of bird: crane, goose, (possibly) swift, swallow

Inflection

References

  • kwrky”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 154a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211a-b
  • 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 613b
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