Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From the root ܥ-ܗ-ܕ (ʿ-h-d) related to remembering.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʕuhdɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕuhdɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܥܘܗܕܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܥܘܗܕܢܐ)

  1. memory, remembrance
  2. commemoration
  3. (by extension) monument
  4. memorial festival, anniversary
  5. memorandum, record, commentary, note
  6. (by extension) warning

Inflection

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References

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  • ˁwhdn”, 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. 246a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 404a
  • 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. 1078a