ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܚܠܡܬܐ (ḥəlaməṯā, “oxtongue [flower]”) + -ܕ (də-, da-, “of”) + ܬܕܐ (təḏā, “the breast”). Compare Arabic حَلَمَة (ḥalama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħ(ə)lam(ə)θɑ ðaθ(ə)ðɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ħalmɑθɑ ðaθ(ə)ðɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܠܡܬܐ ܕܬܕܐ)

1. (anatomy) nipple

References

• “ḥlmtˀ**dtdˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• 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 458a