Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Aramaic [Term?]. A culture word possibly ultimately Derived from Hittite pattali (fetter) or Akkadian [script needed] (padānu, road, way). Compare Classical Syriac ܦܲܕܵܢܵܐ (paddānā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [pðaː.naː.]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [pθaːna]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [bðaːna]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ptaːna]

Noun edit

ܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (pḏānām sg (plural ܦܕ݂ܵܢܹ̈ܐ (pḏānē))

  1. plough/plow
  2. pair, yoke (of oxen or other draught animals)
  3. field, acre, feddan

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [paddɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [paddɑne] (plural)

Noun edit

ܦܕܢܐ (paddānāf (plural ܦܕܢܐ (paddānē))

  1. plough/plow
  2. yoke (of oxen)
  3. field
  4. acre, feddan

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: فَدّان (faddān)

References edit

  • pdn”, 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 270a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 434b
  • 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 1157a