ܟܪܟܐ

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ‎ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כְּרַךְ‎ (kəraḵ).

• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kar(ə)xe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. walled city or town, fortress
2. enclosure

A ܟܪܟܐ‎ (karəḵāʾ) is generally larger than a ܡܚܘܙܐ‎ (māḥōzāʾ).

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ‎ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Hebrew כֶּרֶךְ‎ (kéreḵ).

• IPA^(key): [kɛrkɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [kɛrke(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. roll
2. scroll, codex
3. book, tome, volume
4. sphere
5. eddy

From the root ܟ-ܪ-ܟ‎ (k-r-k) related to encircling. Compare Akkadian 𒆠𒅕𒆪 (/kirku/, “roll”) and Arabic كَرَاخَة‎ (karāḵa(t)).

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. circuit, course
2. revolving, revolution
3. (astronomy) orbit
4. bindweed

From Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē).

• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [k(ə)rɑxe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܟܪܟܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܟܪܟܐ)

1. woof, weft

• “krk”, 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. 162b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 227b
• 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. 654a-b