ܟܪܟܐ

Derived from Demotic grg or from the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כְּרַךְ (kəraḵ).

• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xe] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (karəḵā) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵē))

1. walled city or town, fortress
2. enclosure

A ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā) is generally larger than a ܡܚܘܙܐ (māḥōzā).

• → Old French: crac
  • French: krak

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ (kéreḵ).

• IPA^(key): [kɛrkɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛrke] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (kerkā) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ (kerkē))

1. roll
2. scroll, codex
3. book, tome, volume
4. sphere
5. eddy

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Akkadian 𒆠𒅕𒆪 (/⁠kirku⁠/, “roll”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כְּרָכָא (kərāḵā, “large mat”). Doubtfully connected in the sense “woof” to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē).

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxe] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (kərāḵā) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ (kərāḵē))

1. circuit, course
2. revolving, revolution
3. (astronomy) orbit
4. bindweed
5. woof, weft

• “krk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “krk²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “krk³”, 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 162b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 227b
• Peust, Carsten (2010) Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten (Göttinger Miszellen. Beihefte; 8)‎ (in German), Göttingen, page 43
• 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, pages 654a–b