Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [burkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [burke(ʔ)], [burkɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural ܒܘܪܟܬܐ or ܒܘܪܟܐ)

1. (anatomy) knee
2. kneeling, genuflection/genuflexion

Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ ‎(b-r-k) related to blessing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [burrɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [burrɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܘܪܟܐ)

1. benediction
2. blessing, gift
3. good

Inflection

Etymology 3

From early Middle Persian [script needed] ‎(*bōrak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bur(ə)xɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܒܘܪܟܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

1. borax
2. niter/nitre

Inflection

References

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “bwrk”, 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. 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 39b
• 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. 131a-b