Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Compare Arabic بَقَرَة (baqara) and Hebrew בָּקָר (bāqār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [baqrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [baqre], [baqrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun

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ܒܩܪܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܒܩܪܬܐ or ܒܩܪܐ)

  1. drove, flock, herd of animals (especially cattle)
  2. ox
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Etymology 2

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Compare Arabic بَقَّار (baqqār) and Hebrew בַּקָּר (baqqār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [baqqɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [baqqɑre] (plural)

Noun

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ܒܩܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܩܪܐ)

  1. herdsman, cowherd
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References

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  • bqr”, 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 36a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 52b-53a
  • 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 177b

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