Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *malk-. Compare Arabic مَلِكَة (malika) and Hebrew מַלְכָּה (malkâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [malk(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [malkɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܠܟܬܐ (malkəṯāʾf (plural ܡܠܟܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܡܠܟܐ)

  1. any ruler; queen, empress, princess, toparch
  2. governor of a province

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • mlkh”, 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. 186a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 278a
  • 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. 773a