A Syriac Chrestomathy

sources for syriacists

R4 · nestle-1889-en/r4/g185-qustruma-porchuncertain

lemma

unvoc ܩܘܣܛܪܘܡܐ
voc ܩܽܘܣܛܪܽܘܡܳܐ
translit qusṭrūmā
pos noun
gloss_en porch, vestibule (glossed only by an equation to the Greek)
root
payne_smith
frequency_rank
layer vocalized Serto
greek αἰλάμ

primer_note

The bare EQUATION device once more — '= αἰλάμ' and nothing else — and the term equated is itself a Greek transliteration of a Hebrew word, so the entry is a loan explained by a loan.

uncertain yes

uncertain_note

Eight glyphs at 3×, read ܩ + ܘ + ܣ + ܛ + ܪ + ܘ + ܡ + ܐ; the fourth could be ܢ and the fifth carries the dot that makes it ܪ. No identification is being claimed, only the transcription.

source

primer nestle-1889-en
page 185
leaf n274