ܡܚܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܡ ܚ ܪ (m ḥ r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [max.xɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥārā) m (plural ܡܲܚܵܪܹ̈ܐ (maḥārē), feminine ܡܲܚܵܪܬܵܐ (maḥārtā))

  1. engineer (person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures)
  2. geometrician, geometer

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maħħɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maħħɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܚܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܚܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܚܪܬܐ)

  1. geometrician, geometer
  2. surveyor, measurer
  3. architect

Inflection

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References

  • mḥr”, 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. 180b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265b
  • 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. 742b
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