ܐܟܪܐ

From Aramaic אִכָּרָא (ʾikkārā), from Akkadian 𒀳 (ikkarum); compare Hebrew אִכָּר (ikkár), Arabic أَكَّار (ʔakkār).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔak.kɑːrɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔat͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑːrɑː]

ܐܲܟܵܪܵܐ • (akkārā) m (plural ܐܲܟܵܪܹ̈ܐ (akkārē), feminine ܐܲܟܵܪܬܵܐ (akkārtā))

1. farmer, husbandman, plowman (worker of the land who keeps livestock, especially on a farm)
   • James 5:7:
   • ܒܵܣ ܚܡܘܿܠܘܼܢ ܐܲܚܘܿܢܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ، ܗܲܠ ܐ݇ܬ݂ܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܲܢ. ܚܙܹܝܡܘܿܢ ܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܐܲܟܵܪܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܣܲܟܹܐ ܠܛܘܼܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܛܝܼܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܥܵܐ، ܘܕܵܐܟ݂ܝܼ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܪܝܸܟ݂ ܒܹܐܢܹܗ ܥܲܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܲܠ ܕܩܲܒܸܠ ܡܸܛܪܵܐ ܒܟ݂ܝܼܪܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܠܩܝܼܫܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ.

     bās ḥmōlūn aḥōnwāṯē, hal ṯāyṯā d-māran. ḥzēmōn dāḵī akkārā kē sakkē l-ṭunyāṯē ṭīmānē d-arˁā, w-dāḵī kē maryiḵ bēnēh ˁalhōn hal d-qabbil miṭrā bḵīrāyṯā w-lqīšāyṯā.

     Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

• ܐܵܟܹܪ (ākēr, “to cultivate”)
• ܐܲܟܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ (akkārūtā, “agriculture”)

• ܗܲܟܵܪܹܐ (hakkārē)

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔakkaːreː]

ܐܲܟܵܪܹܐ • (akkārē) f

1. Hakkari (a region and mountain range in Assyria)

From Akkadian 𒀳 (ikkarum, “farmer”), from Sumerian 𒀳 (engar, “farmer”). Also found as Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אִכָּרָא (ʾikkārā) and Hebrew אִכָּר (ʾikkār).

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔakˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔakˈkɑ.rɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɑˈko.ro]

ܐܟܪܐ • (ʾakkārā) m (plural ܐܟܪܐ (ʾakkārē))

1. farmer, husbandman, plowman
   • Peshitta, James 5:7:

     ܐܢܬܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܚܝ̈. ܐܓܪܘ ܪܘܚܟܘܢ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܡܐܬܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ. ܐܝܟ ܐܟܪܐ ܕܡܣܟܐ ܠܦܐܪ̈ܐ ܝܩܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܗ.

     ʾa[n]tōn dên ʾăḥay, ʾaggar[w] rūḥəḵōn ʿəḏammā lə-mēṯīṯēh ḏə-māryā. ʾāḵ ʾakkārā ḏa-məsakkē lə-p̄ērē yaqqīrē ḏə-ʾarʿēh

     Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth

2. (figuratively) apostle, minister

• ܐܟܪ (ʾakkar, “to cultivate”)
• ܐܟܪܘܬܐ (ʾakkārūṯā, “agriculture”)

• → Arabic: إكَّار (ʔikkār), أَكَّار (ʔakkār)

• “ˀkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-21
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 10a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 17a
• 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 46a