ܕܗܩܢܐ

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Classical Syriac

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾhkʾn' /⁠dehgān⁠/); compare Persian دهقان (dehqân).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [dahˈqɑ.nɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dahˈqɑ.ne] (plural)

Noun

[edit]

ܕܗܩܢܐ (dahqānām (plural ܕܗܩܢܐ)

  1. prefect, mayor

Inflection

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • dhqn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 59b
  • 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. 276b