ܦܕܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Aramaic [Term?]. A culture word possibly ultimately Derived from Hittite pattali (fetter) or Akkadian [script needed] (padānu, road, way). Compare Classical Syriac ܦܲܕܵܢܵܐ (paddānā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [pðaː.naː.]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [pθaːna]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [bðaːna]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ptaːna]

Noun

ܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ • (pḏānā) m sg (plural ܦܕ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pḏānē))

  1. plough/plow
  2. pair, yoke (of oxen or other draught animals)
  3. field, acre, feddan

Classical Syriac

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paddɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paddɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܦܕܢܐ • (paddānā) f (plural ܦܕܢܐ (paddānē))

  1. plough/plow
  2. yoke (of oxen)
  3. field
  4. acre, feddan

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: فَدّان (faddān)

References

  • pdn”, 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 270a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434b
  • 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 1157a
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