Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buddɑqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [buddɑqe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܕܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܘܕܩܐ)

1. search, searching, investigation, research
2. (religion) divine mystery
3. appearance
4. indication, declaration
5. message, tidings

Inflection

Etymology 2

From early Middle Persian *bōdak. Compare Persian بوته ‎(bōta, “crucible”).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܒܘܕܩܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܘܕܩܐ)

1. crucible

Inflection

References

• “bwdq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 25a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 37a
• 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. 124b