ܕܦܬܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܕܦܬܪܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic דפתרא, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā). Compare Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar) and Hebrew דִּפְתָּר (diftar).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [dip.tɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܕܸܦܬܵܪܵܐ • (diptara) m (plural ܕܸܦܬܵܪܹ̈ܐ (diptare))

  1. notebook, copybook, exercise book
  2. parchment, hide
  3. (accounting) account book

Declension

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā). Compare Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܕܦܬܪܐ • (dptrʾ) m (plural ܕܝܦܬܪܣ or ܕܦܬܪܐ)

  1. parchment, hide
  2. (accounting) account book

References

  • dptr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • 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. 316b
  • Krauss, Samuel (1899) Griechische und lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum (in German), volume II, Berlin: S. Calvary, page 211a
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