ܦܪܣܬܩܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܦܪܝܣܬܩܐ

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *frēstak. Compare Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬙𐬀 (fraēšta, “messenger”), Middle Persian plystk' (frēstag, “apostle, angel”) / prystg, Persian فرشته (ferešte, “angel”), and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פְּרֵיסְתְּקָא (pərêstəqāʾ, “royal guard, messenger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [p(ə)rɛst(ə)qe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܦܪܣܬܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܪܣܬܩܐ)

  1. royal guard, messenger

Inflection

References

  • “prstq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-07-07
  • 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. 1247a
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