ܛܘܗܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠tōhm⁠/). Compare Persian تخم (toxm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤohmɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤohme(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܛܘܗܡܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܛܘܗܡܐ)

1. family, kin, clan, tribe, race
2. nationality
3. origin, lineage, descent, birth

References

• “ṭhwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 168b
• 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. 515b