ܡܝܠܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μίλιον (mílion), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin mīlle. Compare Arabic مِيل (mīl) and Hebrew מַיְל (mayl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [milɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mile(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܝܠܐ (mīlām (plural ܡܝܠܐ)

  1. mile, Roman mile, one thousand paces
  2. milestone

Inflection

References

  • myl”, 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. 182a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 752a-b