ܪܘܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

ܪܘܡܢܐ

Alternative forms

  • ܐܪܡܘܢܐ (ʾarmōnā), ܪܝܡܘܢܐ (rimmōnā)

Etymology

Unclear, see Arabic رُمَّان (rummān, pomegranate) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rummɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [rummɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܡܢܐ • (rummānā) m (plural ܪܘܡܢܐ (rummānē))

  1. pomegranate (tree and fruit)
  2. (figuratively, botany) pomegranate-shaped head at the end of a stalk
  3. (figuratively, architecture) capital

Inflection

References

  • rwmn”, 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, page 342a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 535a
  • 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 1451a
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