ܡܐܟܢܐ

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܐܟܢܐ (mēkannē) reborrowed through Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ • (mākēnā) f sg (plural ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (mākēnē))

1. machine, device, engine

   Synonyms: ܣܩܹܘܵܐ (sqēwā), ܡܵܐܢܵܐ (mānā), ܟܸܪܟ݂ܵܢܵܐ (kirḵānā)

• ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܝܵܐ (mākēnāyā, “mechanical”)
• ܦܵܠܹܚ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (pālēḥ mākēnē, “mechanic”)
• ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ ܡܵܐܟܹܢܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārūt mākēnē, “mechanical engineering”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢܵܐ ܡܡܲܣܝܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (mākēnā mmasyānītā, “washing machine”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܒܸܨܝܵܢܵܐ (mākēn biṣyānā, “search engine”)
• ܡܵܐܟܹܢ ܫܲܦܵܪܘܼܬܵܐ (mākēn šappārūtā, “sewing machine”)

From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).

• IPA^(key):

ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)

1. machine, device, engine
2. siege engine
3. deceit, fraud
4. stratagem
5. (agriculture) irrigation
6. (by extension) irrigated land

• “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
• 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 701b