ܐܣܛܪܛ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin strāta, from strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread out, extend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛs.tˤ(ə.)ˈrɑtˤ]

Noun

ܐܣܛܪܛ • (ʾesṭərāṭ) f (plural ܐܣܛܪܐܛܘܣ)

1. street, paved road

Descendants

• → Arabic: صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ)

References

• “ˀsṭrṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-06
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 15a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 23b
• 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. 71a