ܐܟܪܐ

From Aramaic אִכָּרָא‎ (ʾikkārā), from Akkadian 𒀳 (ikkarum); compare Hebrew אִכָּר‎ (ikkár), Arabic أَكَّار‎ (ʔakkār).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ak.kɑːrɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [at͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑːrɑː]

ܐܲܟܵܪܵܐ • (akkārā) m (plural ܐܲܟܵܪܹ̈ܐ (akkārē), feminine ܐܲܟܵܪܬܵܐ‎ (akkārtā))

1. farmer, husbandman, plowman (worker of the land who keeps livestock, especially on a farm)
   • James 5:7:

     ‏ܒܵܣ ܚܡܘܿܠܘܼܢ، ܐܲܚܘܿܢܘܵܬܹ̈‌ܐ، ܗܲܠ ܐ݇ܬܵܝܬܵ‌ܐ ܕܡܵܪܲܢ. ܚܙܹܝܡܘܼܢ ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܐܲܟܵܪܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܣܵܦܹܪ ܠܛܥܘܼܢܝܵܬܹ̈‌ܐ ܛܝܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ، ܘܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܪܝܸܟ݂ ܒܹܐܢܹܗ ܥܲܠܵܝܗ‌ܝ ܗܲܠ ܕܩܲܒܸܠ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵ‌ܐ ܘܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܬܵ‌ܐ.‎‎

     bās ḥmolun, aḥonwātē‌, hal tāytā d-māran. ḥzēmun dāḵī akkārā kē sāpēr l-ṭʿunyātē‌ ṭīmānē dʾarʿā, w-dāḵī kē maryiḵ bēnēh ʿallāyh‌ hal d-qabbil miṭrā qamāytā‌ w-ḥārāytā.

     Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

• ܐܵܟܹܪ‎ (ākēr, “to cultivate”)
• ܐܲܟܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (akkārutā, “agriculture”)

From Akkadian 𒀳 (ikkarum, “farmer”), from Sumerian 𒀳 (engar, “farmer”). Also found as Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אִכָּרָא‎ (ʾikkārā) and Hebrew אִכָּר‎ (ʾikkār).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔakˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔakˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈko.ro]

ܐܟܪܐ • (ʾakkārā) m (plural ܐܟܪܐ (ʾakkārē))

1. farmer, husbandman, plowman
   • Peshitta, James 5:7:

     ‏ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܚܝ̈. ܐܓܪܘ ܪܘܚܟܘܢ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܡܐܬܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ. ܐܝܟ ܐܟܪܐ ܕܡܣܟܐ ܠܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܝܩܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܗ.‎‎

     ʾa[n]tōn dên ʾăḥay, ʾaggar[w] rūḥəḵōn ʿəḏammā lə-mēṯīṯēh ḏə-māryā. ʾāḵ ʾakkārā ḏa-məsakkē lə-p̄ērē yaqqīrē ḏə-ʾarʿēh

     Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth

2. (figuratively) apostle, minister

• ܐܟܪ‎ (ʾakkar, “to cultivate”)
• ܐܟܪܘܬܐ‎ (ʾakkārūṯā, “agriculture”)

• → Arabic: إكَّار‎ (ʔikkār), أَكَّار‎ (ʔakkār)

• “ˀkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 10a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 17a
• 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 46a