ܕܢܚܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דֶּנְחָא (denḥā), from the verb ܕܵܢܹܚ (dānēḥ, “to shine, appear, be manifest”); compare Hebrew זֶרַח (zérakh).

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ܕܸܢܚܵܐ • (dinḥā) m (plural ܕܸܢܚܹ̈ܐ (dinḥē))

1. sunrise
2. (figuratively) manifestation, appearance, arrival, birth, epiphany
3. (astrology) horoscope

   Synonym: ܡܲܠܘܵܫܵܐ (malwāšā)

• (times of day) ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܵܘܡܵܐ (ˁiddānē d-yāwmā); ܐܝܼܡܵܡܵܐ (īmāmā, “daytime”), ܢܘܼܓ݂ܗܵܐ (nuḡhā, “dawn”), ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”), ܨܲܦܪܵܐ (ṣaprā, “morning”), ܛܲܗܪܵܐ (ṭahrā, “noon, afternoon”), ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”), ܢܘܼܨܦܵܐ (nuṣpā, “dusk”), ܪܲܡܫܵܐ (ramšā, “evening”), ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܠܲܝܠܹܐ (palgā d-laylē, “midnight”), ܠܲܝܠܹܐ (laylē, “nighttime”) ^{(Category: aii:Times of day)}

ܕܸܢܚܵܐ • (dinḥā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

From the root ܕ-ܢ-ܚ (d-n-ḥ) related to shining, from Proto-Semitic *ḏrḥ.

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ܕܢܚܐ • (denḥā) m(uncountable)

1. sunrise, dawn

   Synonyms: ܡܕܢܚܐ, ܢܘܓܗܐ, ܒܗܪܐ, ܫܘܦܪܐ, ܨܦܪܐ

2. brightness, light

   Synonyms: ܢܘܗܪܐ, ܙܗܪܐ

3. east

   Synonym: ܡܕܢܚܐ

4. (figuratively) manifestation, appearance, arrival, birth, epiphany
5. (astrology) horoscope

   Synonyms: ܡܠܘܫܐ, ܝܠܕܐ, ܫܥܬܐ

• ܥܪܒܐ (ʿərāḇā)

• “dnḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 68a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 95b
• 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, pp. 312b-313a