ܣܚܪܬܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Compare Arabic شَحَر (šaḥar, middle of a valley).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [s(ə.)ˈħar.tɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [saħˈrɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܣܚܪܬܐ (səḥartāf (plural ܣܚܪܬܐ)

  1. (geography) valley
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɑˈħar.tɑ], [s(ə.)ˈħɑr.tɑ], [s(ə.)ˈħar.tɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɑħˈrɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܣܚܪܬܐ (sāḥartā, səḥārtā, səḥartāf (plural ܣܚܪܬܐ)

  1. walled enclosure, citadel
  2. palace
  3. (architecture) (possibly) arch, vault; edifice, building
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References

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  • sḥrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-01-18
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 226b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 372b
  • 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. 994a