Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܦܢܕܩܐ, from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon); compare also the variant form of Classical Syriac ܦܘܬܩܐ (puttəqā); also Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq) and Hebrew פּוּנְדָק (pundák).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [pɪndə.qɑː]

Noun

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ܦܸܢܕܩܵܐ (pindqām sg (plural ܦܸܢܕܩܹ̈ܐ (pindqē))

  1. hotel (establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests)
    ܫܪܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܓܵܘ ܦܸܢܕܩܵܐ ܒܕܸܦܢܵܐ ܕܝܵܡܵܐ.
    šrē lan gāw pindqā bdipnā d-yāmā.
    We stayed in a hotel beside the sea.

Inflection

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɛnd(ə)qɑ(ʔ)], [pɑnd(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛnd(ə)qe(ʔ)], [pɑnd(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܢܕܩܐ (pendəqāʾ, pāndəqāʾm (plural ܦܢܕܩܐ)

  1. filbert, hazel
  2. hazelnut
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Etymology 2

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From the same Ancient Greek source, via Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, hazelnut).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pɛnd(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɛnd(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܦܢܕܩܐ (pendəqāʾm (plural ܦܢܕܩܐ)

  1. (medicine) pill
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References

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  • pndq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-30
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 279b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 450a
  • 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. 1204a-b