Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑrozɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɑroze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܘܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܘܙܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܟܪܘܙܬܐ)

1. herald, crier
2. proclaimer, harbinger, forerunner
3. preacher
4. eloquent speech

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ

Descendants

• Kurdish: كروس ‎(karus)
• Old Armenian: քարոզ ‎(kʿaroz)
  • Armenian: քարոզ ‎(kʿaroz)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κῆρυξ ‎(kêrux).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑrozɑ(ʔ)], [karrozɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɑroze(ʔ)], [karroze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܟܪܘܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܟܪܘܙܐ)

1. pearly shell, mother-of-pearl

Inflection

References

• “krwz”, 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. 162a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 225a
• 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. 647b