Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܒ ܪ ܟ (b r k)
6 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Aramaic בִּרְכָּא (birkā), from Proto-Semitic *birk-; compare Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܟܐ (burkā), Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba), Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (béreḵ).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Iraqi Koine) IPA(key): [ˈbɪɾ.cʰä]
  • (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈbɪɾ.kʰä]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ˈbɪɾ.t͡çʰɒ]

Noun edit

ܒܸܪܟܵܐ (birkāf (plural ܒܸܪ̈ܟܵܟܹܐ (birkākē) or ܒܘܼܪ̈ܟܵܬ݂ܵܐ (burkāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) knee
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Northern Kurdish berx.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Ashiret, Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ˈbaɾ.kʰä]

Noun edit

ܒܲܪܟܵܐ (barkām (plural ܒܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (barkē))

  1. lamb (young sheep)
    Synonym: ܦܲܐܪܵܐ (paˀrā)
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Arabic بِرْكَة (birka).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Nineveh Plains, Tkhuma) IPA(key): [ˈbɪɾ.kʰe]

Noun edit

ܒܸܪܟܹܐ (birkēf

  1. pool, pond
  2. swimming pool

References edit

  • ܒܸܪܟܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܸܪܟܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܲܪܟܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
  • Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܘܼܪܟܹܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 28a

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to blessing; compare Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka), Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərāḵâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [b(ə.)ˈrɑ.xɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbrɑ.xɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbro.xo]

Noun edit

ܒܪܟܐ (bərāḵā) m (uncountable)

  1. genuflection
  2. blessing, benediction

Inflection edit

References edit

  • brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-29
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 56a
  • 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 190a

Turoyo edit

Etymology edit

from Proto-Semitic *birk-.

Noun edit

ܒܰܪܟܳܐ (barkof (plural ܒܰܪ̈ܟܳܬ̣ܶܐ (barkoṭe))

  1. (anatomy) knee