Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [qarqaptaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [qarqɪmta]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [qɪrqɪpta]

Noun edit

ܩܲܪܩܲܦܬܵܐ (qarqaptāf (plural ܩܲܪ̈ܩܲܦܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qarqapyāṯā))

  1. skull, head
    Synonyms: ܩܲܪܥܵܐ (qarˁā), ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā)

Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew קַרְקֶפֶת (qarqép̄eṯ). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [qarqaf(ə)θɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [qarq(ə)fɑθɑ], [qarqafjɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (qarqap̄ṯāf (plural ܩܪܩܦܝܬܐ (qarqap̄yāṯā) or ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (qarqəp̄āṯā))

  1. skull, head
  2. chief, prince
  3. capitation, head tax
  4. top, peak, summit
  5. (geography) hill
  6. (architecture) gable

Inflection edit

References edit

  • qrqph”, 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 332a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 521b
  • 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 1417a