وريد

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و ر د‎ (w-r-d). Compare وَتِين‎ (watīn, “aorta”) and Akkadian 𒌨𒌑𒁺 (ur'udu, “windpipe, throat veins”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.riːd/

Noun

وَرِيد • (warīd) m (plural أَوْرِدَة‎ (ʔawrida) or وُرُد‎ (wurud) or وُرُود‎ (wurūd) or وَرَائِد‎ (warāʔid))

  1. vein
  2. jugular vein

Declension

Descendants

  • → Classical Syriac: ܘܪܝܕܐ‎ (warrīḏā)
  • → Hebrew: וְרִיד‎ (wərīḏ)
  • → Medieval Latin: alabari (“vena cava”)

References

  • Hyrtl, Joseph (1879) Das Arabische und Hebräische in der Anatomie‎ (in German), Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller, pages 17–18
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وريد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 1210
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “وريد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1243
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