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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܒܬܘܠܐ (b(ə)ṯūlā, “virgin”) + -ܘܬܐ (-ūṯā, abstract noun ending). Compare Arabic بَتُولِيَّة (batūliyya) and Hebrew בְּתוּלִים (bəṯûlîm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f(uncountable)
- virginity, celibacy, chastity
Inflection
References
- “btwlw”, 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, page 38b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 57a
- 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 195b