ܐܣܛܪܛ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Latin strāta, from strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread out, extend”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʔɛs.tˤ(ə.)ˈrɑtˤ]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔɪs.tˤrɑtˤ]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔesˈtˤrɑtˤ]
Noun
ܐܣܛܪܛ • (ʾesṭərāṭ) f (plural ܐܣܛܪܐܛܘܣ (ʾesṭərāʾṭōs))
- street, paved road
- Synonym: ܒܪܝܬܐ (bērīṯā)
Descendants
- → Arabic: صِرَاط (ṣirāṭ)
References
- “ˀsṭrṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-10-06
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 15a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 23b
- 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 71a