Syriann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsɪrɪən/, U.S.

/ˈsɪriən/

Forms: Middle English Sirien, Syryen, 1500s Surian, Sirian, 1600s Sorian, 1500s– Syrian.

Etymology: < Old French sirien, modern French syrien, < Latin Syrius (Surius ) Syrian, or Syria : see -an suffix. Compare Syry adj.

A. n.

A native or inhabitant of Syria, historically a region of Western Asia immediately east of the Mediterranean and since 1946 an independent Arab republic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Syria

Syriana1400

a1400–50 Alexander 1447 In þe quilke þe siriens of þis sire so many soroȝes had.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 48 The noble knyghtes Ioab and Abysay that fought agaynst the Syryens and Amonytes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. ii. A The Caldees answered the kynge in the Syrians speach.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 233 The Sorians are so called of Syria, in which Prouince they liue, hauing their owne Patriarke.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 26 Contemporary with Pherecydes the Syrian.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 21 The Syrians roamed from town to town without discipline.

1830 H. G. Knight Eastern Sketches (ed. 3) Pref. p. xix The Syrians are, generally speaking, a handsome race.

B. adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Syria or the Syrians.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [adjective]

Syrian1537

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > other Middle Eastern lands

Syrian1537

Assyrian1591

Transjordanian1684

Iraqi1777

Syriatic1786

Assyriac1801

Oman1819

Aramaean1834

Omani1865

Transjordanian1922

Lebanese1926

Jordanian1950

Qatari1954

Emirati1989

1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes f. 46 The Surian order, or Samaritan fayth.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Dan. ii. 4 (margin) Y^e Syrian tongue which differeth not muche from the Caldeans.

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 38 A Knight..mounted vpon a mightie Sirian courser.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 421 The Brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 29 The Christian tribes Of Lebanon and the Syrian wilderness.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 85 He was acquainted with ancient Greek, Persian, Modern Greek, Arabic, and Syrian books.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam li. 74 The sinless years That breathed beneath the Syrian blue.

1867 M. Arnold Obermann once More xliv Now he is dead! Far hence he lies In that lorn Syrian town.

a. In names of plants, animals, and products actually or reputedly coming from Syria, as Syrian bear, Syrian goat, Syrian grape, Syrian mastic, Syrian oak, Syrian pear, Syrian rue, Syrian thistle, Syrian tobacco: see quots.

ΚΠ

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 13 Marum Syriacum vel Creticum. The Syrian or Candye Mastick. This Candye or Syrian Marjerome, hath sundry upright stalkes.

1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) ii. 77 The Syrian Pear.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rue, Wild Syrian, Peganum.

1780 Ann. Reg., Chron. 223/2 A cluster of Syrian grapes, the largest..that ever grew in England.

1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 374 Syrian Goat... This variety is common in many parts of the East, and is distinguished by the great length of the ears.

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 357/1 The variety of thick-skinned white grape, called the Syrian.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Syrian Tobacco, the Nicotiana rustica..which furnishes the Turkish, Latakia, and some of the Asiatic tobaccoes.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 794 The Syrian Thistle, N[otobasis] syriaca,..is distinguished from other thistles by the central florets of the flower-head only being fertile.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 116 The Syrian Bear (U[rsus] Syriacus) is found on Mount Lebanon, and elsewhere in Western Asia.

b. Syrian mallow n. the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus.

ΚΠ

1754 Catal. Seeds in Fam. Rose of Kilravock (Spalding Club) 427 Ketmia, (Syrian mallow).

1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 498/2 Hibiscus, Syrian mallow.

Derivatives

Syriˈanic adj. = Syriac adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic > Aramaic > Syriac

Syryc1384

Syric1388

Syriacal1565

Syriac1602

Syrianic1873

1873 R. Ellis Numerals as Signs Primeval Unity Mankind 56 The Hungarian nyoltz, ‘eight’, is produced by multiplying the Syrianic njolj, ‘four’, by tz for a ‘two’.

ˈSyrianism n. = Syriasm n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic > Syriac > word or idiom

Syriacism1645

Syriasm1684

Syrianism1828

Syrism1907

1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Syrianism, a Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language. Paley.

ˈSyrianize v. (transitive) to make Syrian, to give a Syrian character to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [verb (transitive)]

Syrianize1893

1893 Athenæum 21 Oct. 552/3 ‘The Gospel according to Peter’..is a Syrianized Greek text.

1915 W. M. F. Petrie Handbk. Egypt. Antiq. Univ. Coll. London 34 Plaster cast of a limestone head of a man, from Thebes, an excellent instance of the delicate Syrianised type of that period.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	syrian
释义	Syriann.adj. Brit. /ˈsɪrɪən/, U.S. /ˈsɪriən/ Forms: Middle English Sirien, Syryen, 1500s Surian, Sirian, 1600s Sorian, 1500s– Syrian. Etymology: < Old French sirien, modern French syrien, < Latin Syrius (Surius ) Syrian, or Syria : see -an suffix. Compare Syry adj. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Syria, historically a region of Western Asia immediately east of the Mediterranean and since 1946 an independent Arab republic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Syria Syriana1400 a1400–50 Alexander 1447 In þe quilke þe siriens of þis sire so many soroȝes had. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 48 The noble knyghtes Ioab and Abysay that fought agaynst the Syryens and Amonytes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. ii. A The Caldees answered the kynge in the Syrians speach. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 233 The Sorians are so called of Syria, in which Prouince they liue, hauing their owne Patriarke. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 26 Contemporary with Pherecydes the Syrian. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 21 The Syrians roamed from town to town without discipline. 1830 H. G. Knight Eastern Sketches (ed. 3) Pref. p. xix The Syrians are, generally speaking, a handsome race. B. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of Syria or the Syrians. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [adjective] Syrian1537 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > other Middle Eastern lands Syrian1537 Assyrian1591 Transjordanian1684 Iraqi1777 Syriatic1786 Assyriac1801 Oman1819 Aramaean1834 Omani1865 Transjordanian1922 Lebanese1926 Jordanian1950 Qatari1954 Emirati1989 1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes f. 46 The Surian order, or Samaritan fayth. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Dan. ii. 4 (margin) Y^e Syrian tongue which differeth not muche from the Caldeans. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 38 A Knight..mounted vpon a mightie Sirian courser. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 421 The Brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground. View more context for this quotation 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 29 The Christian tribes Of Lebanon and the Syrian wilderness. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 85 He was acquainted with ancient Greek, Persian, Modern Greek, Arabic, and Syrian books. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam li. 74 The sinless years That breathed beneath the Syrian blue. View more context for this quotation 1867 M. Arnold Obermann once More xliv Now he is dead! Far hence he lies In that lorn Syrian town. 2. a. In names of plants, animals, and products actually or reputedly coming from Syria, as Syrian bear, Syrian goat, Syrian grape, Syrian mastic, Syrian oak, Syrian pear, Syrian rue, Syrian thistle, Syrian tobacco: see quots. ΚΠ 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 13 Marum Syriacum vel Creticum. The Syrian or Candye Mastick. This Candye or Syrian Marjerome, hath sundry upright stalkes. 1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Georgics (1684) ii. 77 The Syrian Pear. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 325 Rue, Wild Syrian, Peganum. 1780 Ann. Reg., Chron. 223/2 A cluster of Syrian grapes, the largest..that ever grew in England. 1801 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. II. ii. 374 Syrian Goat... This variety is common in many parts of the East, and is distinguished by the great length of the ears. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 357/1 The variety of thick-skinned white grape, called the Syrian. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Syrian Tobacco, the Nicotiana rustica..which furnishes the Turkish, Latakia, and some of the Asiatic tobaccoes. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 794 The Syrian Thistle, N[otobasis] syriaca,..is distinguished from other thistles by the central florets of the flower-head only being fertile. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 116 The Syrian Bear (U[rsus] Syriacus) is found on Mount Lebanon, and elsewhere in Western Asia. b. Syrian mallow n. the rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus. ΚΠ 1754 Catal. Seeds in Fam. Rose of Kilravock (Spalding Club) 427 Ketmia, (Syrian mallow). 1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 498/2 Hibiscus, Syrian mallow. Derivatives Syriˈanic adj. = Syriac adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [adjective] > Semitic > Aramaic > Syriac Syryc1384 Syric1388 Syriacal1565 Syriac1602 Syrianic1873 1873 R. Ellis Numerals as Signs Primeval Unity Mankind 56 The Hungarian nyoltz, ‘eight’, is produced by multiplying the Syrianic njolj, ‘four’, by tz for a ‘two’. ˈSyrianism n. = Syriasm n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Aramaic > Syriac > word or idiom Syriacism1645 Syriasm1684 Syrianism1828 Syrism1907 1828–32 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Syrianism, a Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language. Paley. ˈSyrianize v. (transitive) to make Syrian, to give a Syrian character to. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > the Syrians > [verb (transitive)] Syrianize1893 1893 Athenæum 21 Oct. 552/3 ‘The Gospel according to Peter’..is a Syrianized Greek text. 1915 W. M. F. Petrie Handbk. Egypt. Antiq. Univ. Coll. London 34 Plaster cast of a limestone head of a man, from Thebes, an excellent instance of the delicate Syrianised type of that period. 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