ܢܘܛܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܢܐܘܛܗ (nawṭī), ܢܐܘܛܘܣ (nawṭāwəs)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nawtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nawtˤe], [nawtˤo] (plural)

Noun

ܢܘܛܐ • (nawṭā) m (plural ܢܘܛܘ (nawṭo) or ܢܘܛܐ (nawṭē))

1. sailor, seaman, mariner

Synonyms

• ܡܠܚܐ (mallāḥā)

References

• “nwṭ”, 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 199b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 332a
• 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 898a