Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. furnace, crucible, kiln, oven
2. fire, hearth

Inflection

Descendants

(taking Classical Syriac as representative for all Semitic)

• Georgian: ქურა ‎(kura)
• Old Armenian: քուրայ ‎(kʿuray)
• Persian: کوره ‎(kôre)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek χώρᾱ ‎(khṓrā).

Alternative forms

• ܟܘܪ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [korɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܟܘܪܣ or ܟܘܪܘܣ)

1. land, country
2. province, region, district
3. neighbourhood

Etymology 3

Compare ܟܘܪܬܐ ‎(kawwārtāʾ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kawwɑrɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kawwɑre(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) c ‎(plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. beehive

Inflection

Etymology 4

From Hebrew כּוֹר ‎(kôr) or Ancient Greek κόρος ‎(kóros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [korɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kore(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܘܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. cor/kor, homer

Inflection

References

• “kwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 154a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 210b-211a
• 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. 612b