ܕܘܟܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܕܘܼܟܵܐ (dūkā)

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܟ ܟ (d k k)
3 terms

Ultimately from a variant of Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, dais). Doublet of ܕܘܼܟܵܢܵܐ (dukkānā, shop) see its etymology for more.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [dukkə.θɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [dut͡ʃə.tɑː]

Noun

ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ • (dukṯā) f sg (plural ܕܘܼܟܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (dūkāṯē) or ܕܘܼܟܵܢܹ̈ܐ (dūkānē))

  1. place, location, position
  2. station, post, office
  3. book passage
  4. locality, region, quarter, direction
  5. place, stead, lieu

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ܒܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܹܗ (bdukṯēh, in place)
  • ܒܕܘܼܟܲܬ݂ (bdūkaṯ, instead, in lieu)
  • ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (dukṯānāyā, local)
  • ܗܸܟ̰ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ (hič dukṯā, nowhere)
  • ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥḏā dukṯā, somewhere)
  • ܟܠ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ (kul dukṯā, everywhere)
  • ܫܸܡ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ (šim dukṯā, anywhere)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܕܘܟܐ

Etymology

From the root ܕ-ܟ-ܟ (d-k-k).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [duk(kə)θɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܕܘܟܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܘܟܘܬܐ or ܕܘܟܝܬܐ)

  1. spot, place, position, room
  2. post, office
  3. book passage
  4. compartment, small box
  5. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see

Inflection

References

  • dwkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 64a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 85b
  • 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. 281a-b
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