KARYO HLISO

KARYO HLISO

First fully-fledged Syriac Articles Website, with support to both Eastern and Western Syriac fonts. The Syriac expression, “Karyo hliso,” carries messages of encouragement and courage in the face of loss. In Syriac, karyo has two distinct meanings: First, it means plump, fat, and short; secondly, a heap of wheat after being separated from the chaff. Just as karyo carries two meanings in Syriac, so also does hliso. The first is to steal, raid, extort, and rob. The second meaning is to be couragious, heroic, fearless, and active, even gallant.