ܟܢܘܢ ܒ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܟܢܘܢ ܐܚܪܝ
• ܟܢܘܢ ܬܪܝܢܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic כנון ב.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑnon b]

Noun

ܟܢܘܢ ܒ • (kānōn b)

1. January

Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b)	ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ)	ܐܕܪ (ʾādār)	ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār)	ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān)	ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz)	ܐܒ (ʾāb), ܐܘܓܘܣܛܘܣ
September	October	November	December
ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b)	ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ)

Descendants

• → Arabic: كانون الثاني (kānūn aṯ-ṯānī)

References

• ܟܢܘܢ ܒ on syriacdictionary.net
• “knwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 218

Further reading

ܟܢܘܢ ܒ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc