IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤɑ] (singular) IPA(key): [m(ə)ħatˤtˤe] (plural) <span class="searchmatch">ܡܚܛܐ</span> • (mḥaṭṭā) f (plural <span class="searchmatch">ܡܚܛܐ</span>) (sewing) needle small spear candlewick → Old Armenian: մախաթ...
/mɑˈχɑt/, [mɑχɑ́tʰ] մախաթ • (maxatʻ) packing needle From Classical Syriac <span class="searchmatch">ܡܚܛܐ</span> (məḥaṭṭāʾ). մախաթ • (maxatʻ) large needle, packing needle; awl, pricker,...
From a metathesis of the variant form <span class="searchmatch">ܡܚܲܛܵܐ</span> (mḥaṭṭā), from Aramaic מְחַטָא (məḥaṭṭā), tool noun of the verb ܚܵܐܹܛ (ḥāˀēṭ, “to sew”); related to Arabic...