ܡܐܟܢܐ
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mekanne]
Noun
ܡܐܟܢܐ • (mēkannē) f (plural ܡܐܟܢܘܬܐ or ܡܝܟܢܣ or ܡܐܟܢܣ or ܡܗܟܢܐܣ or ܡܟܗܢܐܣ or ܡܐܟܢܘܣ or ܡܐܟܝܢܘܣ)
- machine, device, engine
- siege engine
- deceit, fraud
- stratagem
- (agriculture) irrigation
- (by extension) irrigated land
References
- “mˀkn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 247a,
- 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 701b