ܡܐܟܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mekanne]

Noun

ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ‎ or ܡܝܟܢܣ‎ or ܡܐܟܢܣ‎ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ‎ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ‎ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ‎ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ‎)

  1. machine, device, engine
  2. siege engine
  3. deceit, fraud
  4. stratagem
  5. (agriculture) irrigation
  6. (by extension) irrigated land

References
  • “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
  • 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, page 701b
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