Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܒ-ܕ-ܩ (b-d-q) related to inspecting.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [buddɑqɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [buddɑqe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܒܘܕܩܐ (buddāqām (plural ܒܘܕܩܐ (buddāqē))

  1. search, searching, investigation, research
  2. (religion) divine mystery
  3. appearance
  4. indication, declaration
  5. message, tidings
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From early Middle Persian *bōdak. Compare Persian بوته (bôta, crucible), Classical Syriac ܒܘܛܐ (būṭā, crucible), Arabic بُوطَقَة (būṭaqa), بُودَقَة (būdaqa), بُوتَقَة (būtaqa), بُوطَة (būṭa, crucible).

Pronunciation edit

  • (conjectural) IPA(key): [budqɑ]

Noun edit

ܒܘܕܩܐ (būdqām (plural ܒܘܕܩܐ (būdqē))

  1. crucible
Inflection edit

Further reading edit

  • bwdq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-14
  • bwdq2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 60a
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 25a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37a
  • 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 124b
  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 50, page 637 Nr. 54
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “بوطقة”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache[2] (in German), volume 1, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 274a