ܕܪܬܐ

From Aramaic דָּרְתָּא (dārtā, “atrium, court”); cognate to Arabic دَارَة (dāra). The sense of “halo” is a semantic loan from Akkadian 𒉣𒇬 (tarbāṣu), also loaned into Classical Syriac ܬܪܒܨܐ (ṭarbāṣā).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [daːrtaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [darta]

ܕܵܪܬܵܐ • (dārtā) f sg (plural ܕܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dārē) or ܕܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārtāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dāryāṯā))

1. (architecture) atrium, courtyard, hall

   ܩܲܕܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܩܒ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ݇ ܒܕܵܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܹܕܬܵܐ ― qadīšē qḇīrī bdārtā dˁēdtā ― Holy people are buried under the church hall.

2. backyard, back garden
3. enclosure, pen, fold
4. solar halo, lunar halo

From the root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) related to encircling, dwelling. Compare Arabic دَارَة (dāra).

• IPA^(key): [dɑrtɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɑre], [dɑrɑθɑ] (plural)

ܕܪܬܐ • (dārtā) f (plural ܕܪܬܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܪܐ (dārē))

1. homestead, dwelling
2. enclosure, pen, fold, yard
3. (architecture) atrium, court, hall

• “drh”, 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 61b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
• 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 326a