ܒܘܢܟܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

From Middle Persian (*bunak). Compare Old Armenian բնակ (bnak), բնիկ (bnik).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܘܢܟܐ (būnəḵām (plural ܒܘܢܟܐ (būnəḵē))

  1. native, aborigine
    • Peshitta, Exodus 12:19:
      ܡܛܠ ܕܟܠ ܕܢܐܟܘܠ ܚܡܝܥܐ: ܬܐܒܕ ܢܦܫܐ ܗܝ ܡܢ ܟܢܘܫܬܐ ܕܝܣܪܝܠ: ܡܼܢ ܒܘܟܢ̈ܐ : ܘܡܼܢ ܥܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ.
      meṭṭol də-ḵol də-nēʾḵol ḥammīʿā, tēʾḇaḏ nap̄šā hāy men kənūštā ḏə-ʾīsrāyēl, men būḵnē, wə-men ʿāmōrē ḏə-ʾarʿā.
      for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether they are natives or residents in the land.
  2. inhabitant, settler
  3. (figuratively) lampstand base

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References

  • bwnk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2018-10-21
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 123
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 26a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 38a, b
  • 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, pages 126a, 127b-127a