ܦܠܓܐ

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܓ‎ (p-l-ɡ) related to dividing. Compare Arabic فَلْج‎ (falǧ) and Hebrew פֶּלֶג‎ (péleḡ).

• IPA^(key): [pɛlɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɛlɡe(ʔ)], [pɛl(lə)ɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (fractional) half (½)
2. midst, middle, center/centre
3. (anatomy) middle of body; waist, loins, lower belly
4. part, portion
5. sect, school of thought

From the root ܦ-ܠ-ܓ‎ (p-l-ɡ) related to dividing. Compare Hebrew פִּלּוּג‎ (pillûḡ).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)lɑɣɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)lɑɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. division, dividing, parting

From Akkadian 𒁆 (balaggu, balangu [BALAG]).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)laɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)laɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (music) drum, tambourine

From Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx).

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)laɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [p(ə)laɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (military) phalanx, troop, battalion
2. escort
3. shah's retinue

Compare Arabic فَالِج‎ (fāliǧ).

• IPA^(key): [pɑlɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [pɑlɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܦܠܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܠܓܐ)

1. (medicine) apoplexy
2. (medicine) hemiplegia
3. Bactrian camel

• “plg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary : قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 276a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 446b-447a
• 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. 1194a-b