ܡܝܛܪܢ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܐ (meṭrīpōlīṭā) and similar longer forms +‎ -ܢ (-ān).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mɛtˤrɑn] (singular and plural)

Noun[edit]

ܡܝܛܪܢ • (meṭrān) m (plural ܡܝܛܪܢ (meṭrān))

  1. (Christianity) metropolitan, archbishop

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Arabic: مُطْرَان (muṭrān)

References[edit]

  • “myṭrn”, 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, page 181b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 269a
  • 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 752a
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