ܡܐܟܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܟܢܐ (mēkannē) reborrowed through Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [mɑʔːkeːnɑː]

Noun

ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ • (mākēnā) f sg (plural ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē))

  1. machine, device, engine
    Synonyms: ܣܩܹܘܵܐ (sqēwā), ܡܵܐܢܵܐ (mānā), ܟܸܪܟ݂ܵܢܵܐ (kirḵānā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mekanne]

Noun

ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)

  1. machine, device, engine
  2. siege engine
  3. deceit, fraud
  4. stratagem
  5. (agriculture) irrigation
  6. (by extension) irrigated land

References

  • mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
  • 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 701b
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