Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tarʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tarʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • ‎(tar‘ā’) m ‎(plural ܬܪܥܐ)

1. door, gate, entrance, ingress
2. (figuratively) beginning
3. opening, outlet, vent
4. gateway, avenue, pass
5. (architecture) atrium
6. court, palace
7. chapter, heading
8. (prosody, poetry) strophe, stanza
9. plan, expedient

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ ‎(t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tarrɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tarrɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܬܪܥܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܪܥܬܐ)

1. doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ ‎(t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through. Compare Hebrew שׁוֹעֵר ‎(šôʿēr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑrʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tɑrʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܬܪܥܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܪܥܬܐ)

1. doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter

Inflection

Etymology 4

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ ‎(t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [t(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܬܪܥܐ)

1. spurt, flow
2. rip, rent

Inflection

References

• “tr(”, 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. 398a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 621b
• 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, pp. 1670b-1671a