ܒܬܘܠܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَتُولَة (batūla(t)) and Hebrew בְּתוּלָה (bəṯûlâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)θultɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)θulɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܬܘܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܒܬܘܠܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܒܬܘܠܐ)

  1. maiden, virgin, celibate

Inflection

Proper noun

ܒܬܘܠܬܐ (transliteration needed) f

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Virgo (constellation and zodiac sign)

References

  • btwlh”, 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. 38b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 57a
  • 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. 196a
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