Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܐܣܛܘܪ
• ܩܘܣܛܪܘܣ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qastˁor]

Noun

ܩܣܛܘܪ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܣܛܘܪܣ)

1. beaver (animal)

Etymology 2

From Latin quaestor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qastˁor], [qɛstˁor]

Noun

ܩܣܛܘܪ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܩܣܛܘܪܣ)

1. quaestor, secretary

References

• “qsTwr”, 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. 324b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 511b
• 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. 1387b