ܡܟܣܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (miksu [NIG2.KUD]). Compare Arabic مَكْس (maks) and Hebrew מֶכֶס (méḵes).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

  1. impost, tribute, toll, tax
  2. auction
Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Akkadian 𒂗𒆬 (mākisu [EN.KU3]). Compare Arabic مَاكِس (mākis) and Hebrew מוֹכֵס (môḵēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑxsɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [mɑxse(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܟܣܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܟܣܐ)

  1. custom house officer, tax collector, publican
Inflection
Derived terms
  • ܒܝܬ ܡܟܣܐ
  • ܡܟܣܘܬܐ

Further reading

  • mks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-26
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), մաքս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 292ab
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 182b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 272a
  • 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, page 760ab
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