ܐܣܟܘܠܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܣܟܘܠܝ
• ܣܟܘܠܐ
• ܣܟܘܠܝ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛskole(ʔ)], [ʔɛskolɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔɛskole(ʔ)], [ʔɛskola(ʔ)s] (plural)

Noun

ܐܣܟܘܠܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܣܟܘܠܣ or ܐܣܟܘܠܐܣ or ܐܣܟܘܠܐ)

1. lecture hall
2. school
3. knowledge, teaching

Synonyms

• (school): ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Derived terms

• ܐܣܟܘܠܝ
  • ܐܣܟܘܠܝܘܬܐ
• ܒܝܬ ܐܣܟܘܠܐ

References

• “ˀskwlˀ”, 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. 15a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 23b
• 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. 73a