ܢܦܛܐ

From Akkadian 𒉌𒆳𒊏 (napṭu). Compare Old Persian *naftah (/⁠naft⁠/) and Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha).

• IPA^(key): [nɛftˤɑ], [naftˤɑ], [nɑftˤɑ]

ܢܦܛܐ • (nep̄ṭā, nap̄ṭā, nāp̄ṭā) m(uncountable)

1. naphtha, petroleum

• → Arabic: نَفْط (nafṭ)
  • → Amharic: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Ge'ez: ነፍጥ (näfṭ, “naphtha; rifle”)
  • → Harari: ንፍጢ (nəfṭi, “rifle”)
  • → Tigrinya: ነፍጢ (näfṭi, “rifle”)

From Arabic نَفَّاطَة (naffāṭa), itself related to above.

• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [nappɑtˤe] (plural)

ܢܦܛܐ • (nappāṭā) m (plural ܢܦܛܐ (nappāṭē))

1. torch
2. blister, pustule, pimple

• “npṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “npṭ²”, 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 207b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 344a
• 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 930a