Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˁurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˁure(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܪܐ • ‎(ṭūrāʾ) m ‎(plural ܛܘܪܐ)

1. mountain, hill
2. field, countryside

Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic طَوْر ‎(ṭawr), Hebrew טוּר ‎(ṭûr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˁawrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˁawre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܪܐ • ‎(ṭawrāʾ) m ‎(plural ܛܘܪܐ)

1. space of time or distance
2. moment, instant
3. interval, duration
4. measure, size, quantity, extent
5. territory, boundary, border

Inflection

References

• “Twr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 125a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 170b
• 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. 521a