ܟܘܪܐ

From Akkadian 𒆠𒉈 (/kuru/, “crucible, kiln, brazier; log, thick reed; short reed mat, collection of reeds”), likely coined from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, “a bundle”), hence a place of burning bundles of firewood or tinder; compare Arabic كُور‎ (kūr) and Hebrew כּוּר‎ (kûr).

• IPA^(key): [kurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kure(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. furnace, crucible, kiln, oven
2. fire, hearth

(taking Classical Syriac as representative for all Semitic)

• Georgian: ქურა (kura)
• Old Armenian: քուրայ (kʿuray)
• Persian: کوره‎ (kôre)

From Ancient Greek χώρᾱ (khṓrā).

• ܟܘܪ‎

• IPA^(key): [korɑ(ʔ)]

ܟܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܟܘܪܣ‎ or ܟܘܪܘܣ‎)

1. land, country
2. province, region, district
3. neighbourhood

• → Old Armenian: քորայ (kʿoray)

Compare ܟܘܪܬܐ‎ (kawwārtāʾ).

• IPA^(key): [kawwɑrɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kawwɑre(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. beehive

From Akkadian 𒄥 (/kurru/), ultimately from Sumerian 𒄥 (GUR, “a bundle of barley; standard unit of capacity”).

• IPA^(key): [korɑ(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kore(ʔ)], [k(ə)wɑrɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܘܪܐ)

1. cor/kor, homer

• “kwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 154a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 210b-211a
• 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. 612b