Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (UD.KA.BAR /⁠agannu⁠/). Compare Hebrew אַגָּן (ʾaggā́n).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔaɡɡɑne] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܓܢܐ (ʾaggānāf (plural ܐܓܢܐ (ʾaggānē))

  1. jug, pitcher, waterpot, bowl
  2. base, bottom (of a vessel)
  3. (geography) basin, crater
  4. (anatomy) lacrimal punctum
  5. (architecture) capital
  6. wheel, axle

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Armenian: անկան (ankan)
  • Middle Armenian: անգանակ (anganak)

References edit

  • ˀgn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-11
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 2b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3a
  • 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 7b–8a