Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tˤɛxnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤɛxne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܛܟܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܛܟܢܐ)

  1. craft, device
  2. cunning, fraud, guile, artifice
  3. aid

Inflection edit

References edit

  • ṭkn”, 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, p. 126a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 173a
  • 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, pp. 528b-529a