Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Old Persian [script needed] (*hamyānaka-).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [hamnixɑ(ʔ)], [hɛmnixɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [hamnixe(ʔ)], [hɛmnixe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܗܡܢܝܟܐ (hamnīḵāʾ, hemnīḵāʾm (plural ܗܡܢܝܟܐ)

  1. necklace
    Synonym: ܥܩܐ

Inflection

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References

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  • hmnyk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 78a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 104b
  • 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, p. 346a