ܒܝܬ ܓܒܝܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܓܒܝܢܐ (gəḇīnē, “the eyebrows”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [be(j)θ ɡ(ə)vine] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܒܝܬ ܓܒܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܝܬ ܓܒܝܢܐ)

  1. (anatomy) glabella, brow, forehead
    Synonym: ܐܦܘܬܐ

References

  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 41b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 59a
  • 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, →ISBN, page 142a
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