ܬܪܥܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܬ ܪ ܥ (t r ˁ)
1 term

From Aramaic תַּרְעָא (tarʿā); cognante to Arabic ثَغْر (ṯaḡr, gap, cleft) and Hebrew שַׁעַר (shá'ar, gateway) by metathesis.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tar.ʕɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tˤara]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tar.rɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܪܥܵܐ • (tarˁā) m (plural ܬܲܪ̈ܥܹܐ (tarˁē) or ܬܲܪ̈ܥܵܢܹܐ (tarˁānē) or ܬܲܪ̈ܥܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (tarˁawwāṯā))

  1. door, gate
  2. entrance, ingress
  3. opening, outlet, vent

Usage notes

The word ܒܸܠܵܐ (billā) may instead be used to refer to the main or front door.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • ܬܘܼܪܥܬܵܐ (turˁtā)
  • ܬܪܝܼܥܘܼܬܵܐ (trīˁūtā)
  • ܬܪܲܥ ܩܵܢܟܹ̈ܐ (traˁ qānkē)
  • ܬܲܪܥܵܝܵܐ (tarˁāyā, doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter)
  • ܬܵܪܘܿܥܵܐ (tārōˁā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ (t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through. Compare Arabic ثَغْر (ṯaḡr) and Hebrew שַׁעַר (šáʿar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tarʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tarʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • (tar‘ā’) m (plural ܬܪܥܐ)

  1. door, gate, entrance, ingress
  2. (figuratively) beginning
  3. opening, outlet, vent
  4. gateway, avenue, pass
  5. (architecture) atrium
  6. court, palace
  7. chapter, heading
  8. (prosody, poetry) strophe, stanza
  9. plan, expedient
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ (t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tarrɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tarrɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܪܥܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܪܥܬܐ)

  1. doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter
Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ (t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through. Compare Hebrew שׁוֹעֵר (šôʿēr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɑrʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tɑrʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܪܥܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܬܪܥܬܐ)

  1. doorkeeper, gatekeeper, porter
Inflection

Etymology 4

From the root ܬ-ܪ-ܥ (t-r-ʿ) related to breaking through.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t(ə)rɑʕɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [t(ə)rɑʕe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܬܪܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܬܪܥܐ)

  1. spurt, flow
  2. rip, rent
Inflection

References

  • trˁ”, 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. 398a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 621b
  • 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, pp. 1670b-1671a
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