Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܕܦܬܪܐ

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [dip.tɑːrɑː]

Noun edit

ܕܸܦܬܵܪܵܐ (diptaram (plural ܕܸܦܬܵܪܹ̈ܐ (diptare))

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

Declension edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Uncertain.

Noun edit

ܕܦܬܪܐ (dptrʾm (plural ܕܝܦܬܪܣ or ܕܦܬܪܐ)

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

References edit

  • 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