Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)nɑrɑ(ʔ)], [kɛnnɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)nɑre(ʔ)], [kɛnnɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܢܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܢܪܐ)

1. lotus (tree and flower)
2. medlar tree
3. service tree
4. (medicine) name of a drug

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Hebrew כִּנּוֹר ‎(kinnôr), Arabic كِرَان ‎(kirān, “lute”).

Alternative forms

• ܟܐܢܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɛnnɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛnnɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܢܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܢܪܐ)

1. (music) stringed instrument; lyre, harp, cithara, cittern

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܟܢܪܣܛܐ

Descendants

• Old Armenian: քնար ‎(kʿnar)

References

• “knr”, 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. 158b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 219a
• 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. 636b