מרגניתא
Aramaic edit
Alternative forms edit
- מַרְגָּלִיתָא (margālīṯā)
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
מרגניתא • (transliteration needed) f (plural מרגניתא)
Descendants edit
- Classical Syriac: ܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ
- → Hebrew: מַרְגָּלִית (margalít)
References edit
- “mrgny”, 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