Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [malke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܟܐ • ‎(malkā') m ‎(plural ܡܠܟܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܠܟܬܐ)

1. any ruler; king, emperor, prince, emir, caliph, toparch
2. governor of a province
3. king bee
4. (ecclesiastical) eucharistic leaven

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܡܠܟܐܝܬ
• ܡܠܟܘܬܐ
• ܡܠܟܝܐ

Etymology 2

From the root ܡ-ܠ-ܟ ‎(m-l-k) related to advising.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛlkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɛlke(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܠܟܐ)

1. advice, counsel
2. reason

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܒܪ ܡܠܟܐ
• ܡܠܟܐܝܬ

References

• “mlk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 168a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 277b
• 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. 772b