אכסניתא

Aramaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaksnɑjtɑʔ/

Adjective

אכסניתא • (transliteration needed) f (plural, אכסניא)

1. strange, unusual

Noun

אכסניתא • (transliteration needed) f (plural אכסניתא, singular masculine counterpart אכסניא)

1. stranger, foreigner
2. guest, visitor, lodger

References

• “ˀksny”, 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