ܡܝܛܪܢ
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܡܛܪܐܢ (meṭrān), ܡܝܛܪܐܢ (meṭrān)
Etymology
Clipping of ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܐ (meṭrīpōlīṭā) and similar longer forms + -ܢ (-ān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛtˤrɑn] (singular and plural)
Noun
ܡܝܛܪܢ • (meṭrān) m (plural ܡܝܛܪܢ (meṭrān))
- (Christianity) metropolitan, archbishop
Synonyms
- ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ (meṭrīpōlīṭā)
Descendants
- → Arabic: مُطْرَان (muṭrān)
References
- “myṭrn”, 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 181b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 269a
- 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 752a