ܩܪܢܐ

From Proto-Semitic *ḳarn-; compare Akkadian 𒋛 (qarnum), Arabic قَرْن‎ (qarn), Hebrew קֶרֶן‎ (qéren), Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎐 (qrn).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈqar.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈqar.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈqɑr.no]

ܩܪܢܐ • (qarnā) f (plural ܩܪܢܐ (qarnē) or ܩܪܢܬܐ‎ (qarnāṯā))

1. (animal anatomy) horn, antler; claw (of a crab)
   • Peshitta, Genesis 22:13:

     ‏ܘܐܪܝܡ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܥܝܢܘ̈ܗܝ ܘܚܙܐ: ܘܗܐ ܕܟܪܐ ܚܕ ܐܚܝܕ ܒܣܘܟܬܐ ܒܩܪ̈ܢܬܗ‎‎

     wə-ʾărīm ʾaḇrāhām ʿaynaw[hy] wa-ḥəzā, wə-hā ḏeḵrā ḥaḏ ʾăḥīḏ bə-sawkəṯā ḇə-qarnāṯēh

     And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns

2. (music) horn, trumpet
   • Peshitta, Luke 1:69:

     ‏ܘܐܩܝܡ ܠܢ ܩܪܢܐ ܕܦܘܪܩܢܐ ܒܒܝܬܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܥܒܕܗ‎

     wə-ʾăqīm lan qarnā ḏə-p̄ūrqānā ḇə-ḇaytēh ḏə-ḏāwīḏ ʿaḇdēh

     And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

3. horn-shaped jar, phial
4. (anatomy) cornea
5. corn, horny excrescence
6. (geometry) angle, corner
7. (architecture) wing (of building)
8. (military) wing (of army)
9. extreme part
10. top, peak, summit
11. end, border
12. arm, armrest
13. (business, finance) capital
14. power
15. pride
16. (orthography) projection, tittle, hook (of a letter)
17. (botany) dittany
18. kind of measure (equalling 12 pints)

Usually, the plural ܩܪܢܐ‎ (qarnē) is used for literal senses while ܩܪܢܬܐ‎ (qarnāṯā) is used for figurative senses.

From Persian قران‎ (qerân).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [q(ə.)ˈrɑ.nɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈqrɑ.nɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈqro.no]

ܩܪܢܐ • (qərānā) m (plural ܩܪܢܐ)

1. qiran, kran
2. franc

• “qrn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-03-01
• “qrn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-22
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 331a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520a
• 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, pages 1412b-1413a