ܓܘܪܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Mayhaps to the large from Akkadian 𒄖𒊒𒌦𒉡 (/⁠gurunnu, garunnu⁠/, “a small ritual jug, urn, or basin; possibly a mortar”); but there might have been genuine meanings which got lost because of the urban environment of Aramaic speakers. See Arabic جُرْن (jurn) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡurnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ɡurne] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܪܢܐ • (gūrnā) c (plural ܓܘܪܢܐ (gurnē))

1. large vessel: stone bath, basin; water jar; pot, urn
2. coffin, sarcophagus

   Synonyms: ܫܩܐ (šāqā), ܢܘܫܐ (nawšā)

3. manger rack

Usage notes

This word is usually feminine.

Inflection

Inflection of ܓܘܪܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܓܪܘܢ		1st person	ܓܘܪܢܝ		ܓܘܪܢܢ
	construct	ܓܪܘܢ		2nd person	ܓܘܪܢܟ	ܓܘܪܢܟܝ	ܓܘܪܢܟܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܪܢܗ	ܓܘܪܢܗ	ܓܘܪܢܗܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܓܘܪܢܝܢ		1st person	ܓܘܪܢܝ		ܓܘܪܢܝܢ
	construct	ܓܘܪܢܝ		2nd person	ܓܘܪܢܝܟ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܝ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܓܘܪܢܐ		3rd person	ܓܘܪܢܘܗܝ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗܘܢ	ܓܘܪܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: جُرْن (jurn, “basin”) (semantic loan) (taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)
• → Middle Armenian: գուռն (guṙn), գուռ (guṙ)
  • Armenian: գուռ (guṙ)
  • → Northern Kurdish: kurn, kurin, kur
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قورنه (kurna), قرنه (kurna), قورنا (kurna)
    • Turkish: kurna
    • → Armenian: խուռնա (xuṙna)
    • → Macedonian: курна (kurna)
  • → Turkish: gürün, kürün, kurun^[1]
• → Ancient Greek: γοῦρνα (goûrna)
  • Sicilian: gurna
    • Italian: gorna (regional, Sicily)
  (taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic)

References

• “gwrn”, 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, page 45b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 66b
• 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, page 221b

1. Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 122, page 40