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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibilities include:
- From Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu, middattu/, “measure of capacity, container”).
- From ܕܢܐ (dannāʾ, “jar, urn”), from Akkadian 𒂁𒆗𒉡 (/dannu/, “storage vat mostly for storing beer and wine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܕܢܐ • (maddānā) m (plural ܡܕܢܐ (maddānē))
- wine cellar, storeroom
- (agriculture) granary
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Old Armenian: մառան (maṙan)
References
- “mdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 178a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 253b
- 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 716a