ܡܫܟܢܐ

From Akkadian 𒈦𒃷 (MAŠ.GAN₂ /⁠maškanu⁠/). Compare Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מַשְׁכֹּונָא (maškōnā), Arabic مُسْكَان (muskān).

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ܡܫܟܢܐ • (meškānā) m (plural ܡܫܟܢܐ (meškānē))

1. pledge, surety

From the root ܫ-ܟ-ܢ (š-k-n) related to settling. Compare Arabic مَسْكَن (maskan) and Hebrew מִשְׁכָּן (miškān).

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ܡܫܟܢܐ • (maškǝnā) m (plural ܡܫܟܢܐ (maškǝnē))

1. tent, tabernacle
2. dwelling, habitation, sanctuary
3. stage, theater/theatre

• → Old Armenian: մաշկ (mašk)

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ܡܫܟܢܐ • (meškānē)

1. emphatic plural of ܡܫܟܐ (meškā)

• “mškn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-23
• “mškn²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-07-23
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 368a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 306b-307a
• 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 848a