عرناس
العربية
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عرناس
- /ʕir.naːs/
- /ʕar.naːs/
Where it comes from
Suspected to be borrowed from Aramaic *עַרְנָסָא (*ʿarnāsā, “distaff”), attested as Classical Syriac ܥܱܪܢܳܣܴܐ (ʿarnāsā) but from the 9th century and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אורנאסא (ʾurnāsā) once in the Tractate Šabbaṯ of the Gemara folio 91b(41) of uncertain meaning, lost already to the Geonim, certainly not distaff, and once mentioned by Hai Gaon commenting Tractate Kēlīm Chapter 21, 1 and referring to the previous occurrence he commented, noting it to be used at his time in Babylonia in the meaning of distaff like the Arabic, else in Neo-Aramaic lects borrowed from Arabic, so the assumed borrowing direction is met with reservation; in either language likely a foreign word, further the provenance is unknown.
noun عِرْنَاس · عَرْنَاس · ʕirnās · ʕarnās · عَرَانِيس
- distaff
- a kind of bird similar to a dove إِذَا شِئْتُ غَنَّانِي ٱلْحَمَامُ بِعَيْكَةٍ وَلَيْسَ سَوَاءً صَوْتُهَا وَٱلْعَرَانِس
In English
Talk about this word "عرناس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. عرناس. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3 "عرناس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3.Cite this
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title = {عرناس},
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