ܓܘܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Old Iranian *gawnah; compare Middle Persian gwn' (gōn, colour), gwnk' (gōnag, sort, kind), Persian ـگون (-gun, colour), گونه (guna, sort, kind), Old Armenian գոյն (goyn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈɡaw.nɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.nɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈɡɑw.no]

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ (gawnā) m (plural ܓܘܢܐ (gawnē) or ܓܘܢܢܐ (gawnānē) or ܓܘܢܘܬܐ (gawnawwāṯā))

  1. colour/color, hue
    Synonyms: ܨܒܥܐ, ܣܡܐ
  2. appearance
    Synonym: ܥܝܢܐ
  3. sort, kind, type, species
  4. remedy, medicine
    Synonyms: ܣܡܐ, ܥܩܪܐ
Inflection

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic جُونَة (jūna).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܓܘܢܐ (gūnā) m (plural ܓܘܢܘܬܐ (gūnawwāṯā))

  1. drinking vessel; cup, goblet, glass
    Synonym: ܟܣܐ
  2. wooden kneading trough
  3. bronze pot
Inflection

Further reading

  • gwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
  • gwn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 45a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 64b-65a
  • 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 216b-217a
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