ܢܘܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From a Middle Iranian term continued as Persian نول (nôl, the outer part of the mouth; a beak, bill; a spout; the neck of a bottle; tube, channel; anything on which one leans or is supported; a whirlpool, vortex).[1] The Hebrew נוּל (nūl) is even later loaned from Judaeo-Aramaic where it means “loom”.[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nawlɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [nawle] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܠܐ • (nawlā) m (plural ܢܘܠܐ (nawlā))

  1. beam (of a loom)
  2. weft, woof
  3. web

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: نَوْل (nawl)

References

  • nwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, pages 420a–b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 200a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 332b
  • 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 899b
  1. Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1299
  2. Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 408b
  3. Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18), Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 200–201
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