ܡܚܠܬܐ

• ܡܚܘܠܬܐ‎ (maḥḥūlṯā), ܡܢܚܠܐ‎ (manḥālā)

ܡܚܠܬܐ • (maḥḥalṯā, maḥḥelṯā) f (plural ܡܚܠܬܐ (maḥḥəlāṯā))

1. sieve

• “mḥlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mḥwlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mnḥl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mhwlh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מְהוּלְתָּא‎ (məhūltā, “sieve”), CAL puts to מהל‎ (“to dilute”) as noted by Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 137–138 who actually contends h having developed from ḥ against Fleischer, who compared it and Mishnaic Hebrew מוֹהַל‎ (mōhal, “sieve”) with Arabic مُهْل‎ (muhl, “molten material such as tar, metal, oil etc.”) and Greek μούχλα (moúchla, “mould”) and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מוּגְלָא‎ and Classical Syriac ܡܘܓܠܐ‎ (mūḡlā, “pus”), to which one later could have added Middle Armenian մգլահոտ (mglahot, “smelling of mold”).
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 423a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 209a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), volume 2, Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2337