ܒܪܟܐ

From Aramaic בִּרְכָּא (birkā), from Proto-Semitic *birk-; compare Classical Syriac ܒܘܪܟܐ (burkā), Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba), Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ (béreḵ).

• (rare) ܒܘܼܪܟܵܐ (burkā)

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ܒܸܪܟܵܐ • (birkā) f (plural ܒܸܪ̈ܟܵܟܹܐ (birkākē) or ܒܘܼܪ̈ܟܵܬ݂ܵܐ (burkāṯā))

1. (anatomy) knee

• ܒܵܪܹܟ (bārēk, “to kneel”)

From Northern Kurdish berx.

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ܒܲܪܟܵܐ • (barkā) m (plural ܒܲܪ̈ܟܹܐ (barkē))

1. lamb (young sheep)

   Synonym: ܦܲܐܪܵܐ (paˀrā)

From Arabic بِرْكَة (birka).

• ܒܘܼܪܟܹܐ (burkē)

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ܒܸܪܟܹܐ • (birkē) f

1. pool, pond
2. swimming pool

• “ܒܸܪܟܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2022 December 8 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܸܪܟܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܲܪܟܵܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39b
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܒܘܼܪܟܹܐ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 28a

From the root ܒ-ܪ-ܟ (b-r-k) related to blessing; compare Arabic بَرَكَة (baraka), Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərāḵâ).

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ܒܪܟܐ • (bərāḵā) m(uncountable)

1. genuflection
2. blessing, benediction

• “brk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 38a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 56a
• 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 190a

from Proto-Semitic *birk-.

ܒܰܪܟܳܐ • (barko) f (plural ܒܰܪ̈ܟܳܬ̣ܶܐ (barkoṭe))

1. (anatomy) knee