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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒆠𒋗𒄫 (KI.ŠU.PEŠ /māḫāzu/, “town, settlement”); compare Hebrew מָחוֹז (māḥôz).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܚܘܙܐ • (māḥōzā) m (plural ܡܚܘܙܐ)
- walled town
Usage notes
A ܡܚܘܙܐ (māḥōzā) is generally smaller than a ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā).
Inflection
References
- “mḥwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-21
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 99a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 263b
- 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 737a