ܡܠܦܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܝ ܠ ܦ‎ (y l p)
3 terms

Etymology

Agent noun of the verb ܡܲܠܸܦ‎ (mallip, “to teach”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mal.pɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ • (malpānā) m (plural ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ (malpānē), feminine ܡܲܠܦܵܢܬܵܐ‎ (malpāntā) or ܡܲܠܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ‎ (malpānīṯā))

  1. teacher, instructor
    Synonyms: ܪܲܒܵܐ‎ (rabbā), ܪܲܒܝܼ‎ (rabī)
    ‏ܐܲܚܘܿܢܝܼ ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܒܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܠܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ.‎‎ ― aḥonī sargon malpānā ìlēh bmadraštā ldipnā dyāmā. ― My brother Sargon is a teacher at the school next to the lake.
    • Luke 23:56:
      ‏ܐܲܚܘܿܢܘܵܬܝܼ̈، ܠܵܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܡܸܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܣܵܒܵܒ ܝܕܹܥܡܘܼܢ ܕܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܡܲܠܦܲܚ ܒܸܬ ܩܲܒܠܲܚ ܕܝܵܢܬܵܐ ܒܘܼܫ ܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ.‎‎
      aḥonwātī, lā rābā minnāwḵon hāwī malpānē, sābāb dēʿmun d-ʾaḥnan dmalpaḥ bit qablaḥ dyāntā buš gurtā.
      My brothers, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgement.

Derived terms

  • ܡܲܠܦܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (malpānutā, “doctrine”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܝ-ܠ-ܦ‎ (y-l-p) related to learning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mal(lə)fɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܦܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܠܦܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܠܦܢܝܬܐ‎)

  1. one who is learned; teacher, master, schoolmaster, doctor

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܡܠܦܢܘܬܐ‎

References

  • “mlpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 141b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 278b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 774b
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