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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎱𐎫𐎡𐎣𐎼 (patikāra). Compare Middle Persian 𐭯𐭲𐭪𐭫 (patkar), Persian پیکر (paykar).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܦܬܟܪܐ • (pəṯaḵrā) m (plural ܦܬܟܪܐ (pəṯaḵrē), singular feminine counterpart ܦܬܟܪܬܐ)
- idol, image
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: فِتَكْر (fitakr, “misfortune, formidable thing”)
References
- “ptkr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 296a
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, pages 26–27
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 471a
- 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 1268a