ܕܟܪܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דִּכְרָא (diḵrā), from Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”); compare Arabic ذَكَر (ḏakar), Hebrew זָכָר (zakhár) and Akkadian 𒍑 (zikarum). In some dialects this word, if not replaced by a loan word, has become limited to the senses of “male” or “ram”.

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ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ • (diḵrā) m sg (plural ܕܸܟ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ (diḵrē), feminine ܢܸܩܒܬ݂ܵܐ (niqbṯā))

1. male
2. (anatomy) penis
3. ram (male sheep)

   Synonyms: ܟܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (kiḇšā), ܒܵܪܵܢܵܐ (bārānā)

4. (uncountable) arsenic

• ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (diḵrānāyā, “male, masculine”)

• ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (gaḇrā, “man”)

Verbal noun of ܕܵܟ݂ܹܪ (dāḵēr, “to remember”).

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ܕܟ݂ܵܪܵܐ • (dḵārā) m (plural ܕܟ݂ܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dḵārē))

1. remembering, remembrance, recollection
2. reputation, renown
3. memory; one’s ability to remember

From Proto-Semitic *ḏikar- (“man; male; phallus”).

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ܕܟܪܐ • (deḵrā) m (plural ܕܟܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܢܩܒܬܐ (neqbəṯā))

1. male, man
   • Peshitta, Mark 10:6:

     ܡܢ ܒܪܫܝܬ ܕܝܢ. ܕܟܪܐ ܘܢܩܒܬܐ ܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ.

     men bərāšīṯ dên, deḵrā wə-neqbəṯā ʿəḇaḏ ʾennōn ʾălāhā.

     But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

2. (anatomy) penis
3. (in the plural, anatomy) male genitalia
4. ram (male sheep)
5. (uncountable) arsenic

• (man): ܓܒܪܐ (gaḇrā)
• (penis): ܒܣܪܐ (besrā), ܠܒܐ (lebbā), ܩܢܝܐ ܕܓܒܪܘܬܐ
• (ram): ܟܒܫܐ (keḇšā)

• “dkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-05
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 64b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 92a
• 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, page 302b

From Aramaic דכרא

• IPA^(key): /daxro/ (singular)
• IPA^(key): /daxre/ (plural)

ܕܰܟ݂ܪܳܐ • (daxro) m (plural ܕܰܟ݂ܪܶܐ (daxre))

1. penis

   Synonyms: (informal) ܛܷܪܪܷܟܶܐ (ṭërrëke), (informal) ܫ̰ܷܢܢܝܟܶܐ (čënnike)