ܒܝܬ ܐܪܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܟܐ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, Literally, “house of archives”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [beːθ‿ʔar.keː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [beːt‿ʔar.t͡ʃeː]

Noun

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ • (bēṯ arkē) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (bāttay arkē))

1. library (institution that holds books and/or other forms of media)

   Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (bēṯ kṯāḇē)

2. archives (place for storing earlier and often historical material)

See also

• ܐܲܪܟܵܝܵܐ (arkāyā)
• ܢܵܛܲܪ ܐܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (nāṭar arkē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “house of”) + ܐܪܟܐ (ʾarkē, “archives”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be(j)θ ʔarke]

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܐܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܬܝ ܐܪܟܐ)

1. Archive, library

   Synonyms: ܒܝܬ ܟܬܒܐ, ܒܝܬ ܥܕܢܐ

2. Storehouse

References

• “byt**ˀrkˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 19b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43b
• 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, →ISBN, page 145b