אגונא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɡonɑʔ/

Noun

אגונא • (transliteration needed) m (plural אגונא)

1. assembly, crowd
2. contest, competition
3. trial, test
4. struggle

References

• “ˀgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press