ܒܒܬܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Hebrew בָּבָה (bāḇâ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈbɑv.tɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbɑw.tɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈbow.to]

Noun[edit]

ܒܒܬܐ (bāḇtāf (plural ܒܒܬܐ (bāḇāṯā) or ܒܒܘܬܐ (bāḇawwāṯā) or ܒܒܝܬܐ (bāḇyāṯā))

  1. (anatomy) pupil

Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • bbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-25
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34a
  • 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 116b