ܡܙܡܟܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Iranian. Compare Old Armenian բազմակ (bazmak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mazm(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mazm(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܙܡܟܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܙܡܟܐ)

  1. lamp, oil lamp
  2. lower saucer or base of a lamp; lampstand
  3. candle snuffer

Inflection

References

  • mzmkˀ”, 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, p. 89b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 262b
  • 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. 735a
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