See also: ܕܕܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܕ ܘ ܪ (d w r)
5 terms

Etymology edit

From Aramaic דָּרְתָּא (dārtā, atrium, court); cognate to Arabic دَارَة (dāra). The sense of “halo” is a semantic loan from Akkadian 𒉣𒇬 (tarbāṣu), also loaned into Classical Syriac ܬܪܒܨܐ (ṭarbāṣā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [daːrtaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [darta]

Noun edit

ܕܵܪܬܵܐ (dārtāf sg (plural ܕܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dārē) or ܕܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārtāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dāryāṯā))

  1. (architecture) atrium, courtyard, hall
    ܩܲܕܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܩܒ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ݇ ܒܕܵܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܹܕܬܵܐqadīšē qḇīrī bdārtā dˁēdtāHoly people are buried under the church hall.
  2. backyard, back garden
  3. enclosure, pen, fold
  4. solar halo, lunar halo

Inflection edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) related to encircling, dwelling. Compare Arabic دَارَة (dāra).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [dɑrtɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [dɑre], [dɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

Noun edit

ܕܪܬܐ (dārtāf (plural ܕܪܬܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܪܐ (dārē))

  1. homestead, dwelling
  2. enclosure, pen, fold, yard
  3. (architecture) atrium, court, hall

Inflection edit

References edit

  • drh”, 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 61b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
  • 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 326a