ܟܪܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܙ (k-r-z) related to declaring. Compare Hebrew כָּרוֹז (kārôz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑrozɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑroze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܘܙܐ • (kārōzāʾ) m (plural ܟܪܘܙܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܪܘܙܬܐ)

  1. herald, crier
  2. proclaimer, harbinger, forerunner
  3. preacher
  4. eloquent speech
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old Armenian: քարոզ (kʻaroz) (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κῆρυξ (kêrux).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑrozɑ(ʔ)], [karrozɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑroze(ʔ)], [karroze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܘܙܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܪܘܙܐ)

  1. pearly shell, mother-of-pearl
Inflection

References

  • krwz”, 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. 162a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 225a
  • 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. 647b
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