ܛܟܣܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܛ ܟ ܣ (ṭ k s)
4 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis); compare Arabic طَقْس (ṭaqs) and Hebrew טֶקֶס (tékes).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤax.sɑː]

Noun

ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ • (ṭaḵsā) m sg (plural ܛܲܟ݂ܣܹ̈ܐ (ṭaḵsē))

  1. system
  2. method
    Synonyms: ܕܘܼܒܵܪܵܐ (dubbārā), ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (šḇīlā), ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥā)
  3. protocol, rule, regulation, ordinance
    Synonyms: ܩܝܵܡܵܐ (qyāmā), ܦܘܼܣܩܵܢܵܐ (pusqānā), ܦܘܼܩܕܵܢܵܐ (puqdānā)
  4. (ecclesiastical) liturgy, liturgical order, office, rite, ritual

Inflection

Hyponyms

  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܕܟܹܐܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭaḵsā d-kēnūṯā, justice system)
  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܕܡܕܲܒܪܵܢܘܼܬܵܐ (ṭaḵsā d-mdabrānūṯā, policy)
  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܡܝܼܛܪܵܝܵܐ (ṭaḵsā mīṭrāyā, metric system)
  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܩܵܠܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ṭaḵsā qālānāyā, sound system)
  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (ṭaḵsā qānōnāyā, legal system)
  • ܛܲܟ݂ܣܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ṭaḵsā šimšānāyā, solar system)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tˤaxsɑ], [tˤaksɑ], [tˤɛxsɑ], [tˤɛksɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤaxse], [tˤakse], [tˤɛxse], [tˤɛkse] (plural)

Noun

ܛܟܣܐ • (ṭaḵsā, ṭaksā, ṭeksā, ṭekkəsā) m (plural ܛܟܣܐ (ṭaḵsē, ṭaksē, ṭeksē, ṭekkəsē))

  1. arrangement, order, series
  2. rank, degree, station
  3. rule, regulation, ordinance
  4. dignity
  5. (ecclesiastical) liturgy, liturgical order, office, rite, ritual
  6. system
  7. apparatus, equipment, clothes
  8. furniture, ornaments
  9. officials, attendants, guards, troop, company

Inflection

  • ܛܟܣܝܣ (ṭaksīs)

References

  • ṭks”, 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, pages 126a–b,
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1909) “τάξις im Semitischen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 23, pages 145–148
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 173b
  • 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 529b
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