ܟܪܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Akkadian 𒃾 (GEŠTIN /⁠karānu⁠/, wine, vine, grapes), Arabic كَرْم (karm), and Hebrew כֶּרֶם (kérem).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [karmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [karme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܡܐ • (karmā) m (plural ܟܪܡܐ)

  1. vineyard
  2. vine
  3. counting table, abacus
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܒܝܬ ܟܪܡܐ
  • ܟܪܡ
  • ܟܪܡܐ ܕܚܘܝܐ

Etymology 2

Modified from above. Compare Arabic كَرَّام (karrām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [karrɑmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [karrɑme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܡܐ • (karrāmā) m (plural ܟܪܡܐ)

  1. vintner
Inflection

Etymology 3

Modified from above. Compare Hebrew כּוֹרֵם (kôrēm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑrmɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [kɑrme(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܡܐ • (kārmā) m (plural ܟܪܡܐ)

  1. vintner
  2. trimmer, pruner
Inflection

References

  • krm”, 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. 163a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 228a
  • 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. 655a-b
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