Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛlħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mɛlħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܚܐ • ‎(milħā’) f ‎(plural ܡܠܚܐ)

1. salt

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܐܠܣ

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒈣𒁺𒁺 ‎(malāḫḫu [MA₂.LAḪ₅]), from Sumerian 𒈣𒁺𒁺 ‎(malaḫ). Compare Arabic مَلَّاح ‎(mallāḥ) and Hebrew מַלָּח ‎(mallāḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mallɑħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [mallɑħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܠܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܡܠܚܐ)

1. sailor, mariner

Inflection

Synonyms

• ܢܘܛܐ

References

• “mlx”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-08
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 185a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 276b
• 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. 767a-b

Anagrams

• ܚܠܡܐ
• ܠܚܡܐ