ܒܝܠܕܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܠܕܪܐ, from Ancient Greek βερηδάριος (berēdários, post-horse) from Latin verēdārius; compare Arabic بَرِيد (barīd).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [bilːdɑːrɑː]

Noun

ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܵܐ • (bīldārā) m (plural ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܹ̈ܐ (bīldārē), feminine ܒܝܼܠܕܵܪܬܵܐ (bīldārtā))

  1. courier, mailman, postmaster
    Synonym: ܪܲܗܵܛܵܐ (rahhāṭā)
  2. post-horse
  3. post, mail

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܒܠܝܕܪܐ (bəlīḏārā), ܒܝܠܝܕܪܐ (bilīḏārā), ܒܪܝܕܪܐ (bərīḏārā), ܒܘܪܕܪܐ (burdārā), ܒܪܘܕܪܐ (bərūḏārā), ܒܪܐܕܪܐ (bərēḏārā)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βερηδάριος (berēdários), from Latin verēdārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bildɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bildɑre] (plural)

Noun

ܒܝܠܕܪܐ • (bildārā) m (plural ܒܝܠܕܪܐ (bildārē))

  1. courier, letter carrier

Inflection

References

  • bwrdr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • bldr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 75a
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 95b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 31a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 42b
  • Růžička, Rudolf (1909) “Konsonantische Dissimilation in den semitischen Sprachen”, in Beiträge zur Assyriologie und semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), volume VI, number 4, Leipzig · Baltimore: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung · The Johns Hopkins Press, page 19
  • 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 141a
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1997) Zur Geschichte des Wortes barīd „Post“ [About the history of the word barīd ‘post’] (Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Klassischen Arabisch; 13) (in German), München: Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei der C.H.Beck’schen Verlagsbuchhandlung, →ISBN, page 8 footnote 19
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