ܡܠܐܟܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܠ-ܐ-ܟ (l-ʾ-k) related to sending, not otherwise used in Aramaic. Compare Arabic مَلْأَك (malʔak) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾaḵām (plural ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾaḵē))

  1. messenger
  2. angel

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Malayalam: മാലാഖ (mālākha)

References

  • mlˀk”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-11-08
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 167a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 275a
  • 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 764a