ܓܘܪܢܐ

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))

large vessel: stone bath, basin; water jar; pot, urn
coffin, sarcophagus
Synonyms: ܫܩܐ (šāqā), ܢܘܫܐ (nawšā)
manger rack

Usage notes

This word is usually feminine.

Inflection

More information isolated forms, with possessive pronouns ...

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

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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

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

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

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