ܩܠܝܕܐ

• ܐܩܠܝܕܐ

From Ancient Greek κλεῖδα (kleîda), accusative singular form of κλείς (kleís), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂us (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Compare Arabic إِقْلِيد (ʔiqlīd), Hebrew קְלִיד (qəlîḏ), Persian کلید (kelid), and Turkish kilit.

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)liðɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)liðe] (plural)

ܩܠܝܕܐ • (qlīḏā) m (plural ܩܠܝܕܐ)

1. key
2. clasp, buckle
3. (anatomy) collarbone, clavicle

• “qlyd”, 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 320b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 506b
• 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 1370a-b

From Ancient Greek κλεῖδα (kleîda), accusative singular form of κλείς (kleís). Compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܩܕ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (qḏīlā).

ܩܠܝܕ݂ܐ • (qliḏo) m

1. key