Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħannuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħanwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܢܘܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܢܘܬܐ)

1. (anatomy) uterus
2. small sack

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܚ-ܢ-ܐ ‎(ḥ-n-ʾ) related to bending. Compare Arabic حَانُوت ‎(ḥānūt) and Hebrew חֲנוּת ‎(ḥănûṯ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɑnuθɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħɑnwɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܚܢܘܬܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܚܢܘܬܐ)

1. arched chamber, cell, stall, booth, enclosure
2. shop, store
3. gang, crew

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: խանութ ‎(xanutʿ)

References

• “xnw”, 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. 110a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 149a
• 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. 471a