ܡܚܪܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [max.xɑːrɑː]

ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ • (maḥḥārā) m (plural ܡܲܚܵܪܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārē), feminine ܡܲܚܵܪܬܵܐ (maḥḥārtā))

1. engineer (person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures)
2. geometrician, geometer
3. surveyor, measurer

• ܡܲܚܸܪ (maḥḥir, “to measure”)
• ܡܲܚܵܪܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥḥārūṯā, “engineering”)
• ܡܲܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (maḥḥārāyā, “geometric, mechanical, related to engineering”)

• IPA^(key): [maħħɑrɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [maħħɑre(ʔ)] (in the plural)

ܡܚܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܚܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܚܪܬܐ)

1. geometrician, geometer
2. surveyor, measurer
3. architect

• ܡܚܪ
• ܡܚܪܘܬܐ

• “mḥr”, 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, p. 180b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265b
• 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, p. 742b