ܕܘܟܬܐ

• ܕܘܼܟܵܐ (dūkā)

Ultimately from a variant of Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”). see etymology of ܕܘܼܟܵܢܵܐ (dukkānā, “shop”) for more. The alternative form is most likely the absolute form of this word, judging by its feminine gender.

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ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ • (dukṯā) f sg (plural ܕܘܼܟܹ̈ܐ (dūkē) or ܕܘܼ̈ܟܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dukkāṯā) or ܕܘܼܟ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dukyāṯā) or ܕܘܼܟܵܢܹ̈ܐ (dūkānē))

1. location, position
2. station, post, office
3. locality, region, quarter, direction
4. space, room

   ܠܲܝܬ ܕܘܼܟܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ― layt dukṯā līṯāḇā ― There’s no space to sit down

5. place, stead, lieu

• (place, spot): ܫܲܘܦܵܐ (šawpā), ܝܲܬ݂ܒܵܐ (yaṯbā), ܣܝܼܡܬ݂ܵܐ (sīmṯā)
• (locality): ܫܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šḇāḇūṯā, “neighbourhood”), ܡܵܚܘܿܙܵܐ (māḥōzā, “quarter”), ܦܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (pnīṯā, “area, region”)

• ܕܘܟܐ

From the root ܕ ܟ ܟ.

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ܕܘܟܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܕܘܟܘܬܐ or ܕܘܟܝܬܐ)

1. spot, place, position, room
2. post, office
3. book passage
4. compartment, small box
5. (ecclesiastical) episcopal see

• “dwkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 64a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 85b
• 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, →ISBN, pages 281a–b