ܒܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Hebrew בָּבָה (bāḇâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑvtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɑvɑθɑ(ʔ)], [bɑvawwɑθɑ(ʔ)], [bɑvjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܒܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܒܝܬܐ or ܒܒܘܬܐ or ܒܒܬܐ)

  1. (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)

Inflection

See also

References

  • bbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 34a
  • 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. 116b
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