ܛܪܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *ātrung; compare Middle Persian wʾtlng (wādrang, citron) and Persian ترنج (turunǰ). Also compare Arabic أُتْرُجّ (ʾutruǧǧ), Hebrew אֶתְרוֹג (ʾeṯrôḡ), Middle Armenian թուրինջ (tʿurinǰ), Armenian պատրինջ (patrinǰ), Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग (mātuluṅga, citron tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˁ(ə)ruɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˁ(ə)ruɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܪܘܓܐ (transliteration needed) c (plural ܛܪܘܓܐ)

  1. citron, orange (tree and fruit)

Inflection

References

  • ṭrwg”, 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, page 132a.
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 12b, 181b.
  • 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, page 549a
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 399–400
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 620–621
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