ܩܪܩܦܬܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qarqaptaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [qarqɪmta]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [qɪrqɪpta]

Noun[edit]

ܩܲܪܩܲܦܬܵܐ (qarqaptāf (plural ܩܲܪ̈ܩܲܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qarqapyāṯā))

  1. skull, head
    Synonyms: ܩܲܪܥܵܐ (qarˁā), ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)

Classical Syriac[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Hebrew קַרְקֶפֶת (qarqép̄eṯ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [qarqaf(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qarq(ə)fɑθɑ], [qarqafjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (qarqap̄ṯāf (plural ܩܪܩܦܝܬܐ (qarqap̄yāṯā) or ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (qarqəp̄āṯā))

  1. skull, head
  2. chief, prince
  3. capitation, head tax
  4. top, peak, summit
  5. (geography) hill
  6. (architecture) gable

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • qrqph”, 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 332a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 521b
  • 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 1417a