ܟܢܬܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian kinattu, kinātu (“colleague; comrade, fellow; relative”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k(ə)nɑθɑ]
Noun
ܟܢܳܬܴܐ • (kənāṯā) f (plural ܟܢܱܘܴ̈ܬܴܐ (kənawwāṯā))
- colleague, co-worker
- fellow, equal (male or female)
Descendants
- →? Arabic: كَنَّة (kanna)
References
- “knt”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 334a
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 64
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 46