ܕܪܬܐ

Inherited from Aramaic דָּרְתָּא (dārtā, “atrium, court”); cognate to Arabic دَارَة (dāra). The sense of “halo” is a semantic loan from Akkadian 𒉣𒇬 (tarbāṣu), also loaned into Classical Syriac ܬܪܒܨܐ (ṭarbāṣā).

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ܕܵܪܬܵܐ • (dārtā) f sg (plural ܕܵܪܹ̈ܐ (dārē) or ܕܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܬܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dārtāṯā) or ܕܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (dāryāṯā))

1. (architecture) atrium, courtyard, hall

   ܩܲܕܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܩܒ݂ܝܼܪ̈ܝܼܢ݇ ܒܕܵܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܹܕܬܵܐ

   qadīšē qḇīrī bdārtā dˁēdtā

   Holy people are buried under the church hall.

2. backyard, back garden
3. enclosure, pen, fold
4. solar halo, lunar halo

From the root ܕ ܘ ܪ related to encircling, dwelling. Compare Arabic دَارَة (dāra).

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ܕܪܬܐ • (dārtā) f (plural ܕܪܬܐ (dārāṯā) or ܕܪܐ (dārē))

1. homestead, dwelling
2. enclosure, pen, fold, yard
3. (architecture) atrium, court, hall

• “drh”, 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 61b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 97a
• 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 326a