ܦܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Children’s language. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [pappa]
    (plural) IPA(key): [pappaːθa], [pappaːteː]

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (childish) foot
    Synonym: ܥܲܩܠܵܐ (ˁaqlā)
  2. (childish) shoe
    Synonym: ܨܲܘܠܬܵܐ (ṣawltā)

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɑ(pə)pɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [pɑ(pə)pe] (plural)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).

Alternative forms

  • ܦܐܦܐ, ܦܐܦܐܣ, ܦܐܦܝܘܣ, ܦܦܝܣ

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (Christianity) bishop, archbishop, pope (especially patriarch of Alexandria or Rome)
  2. (Christianity) priest, father (used of Greek priests)
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the same Iranian source as Old Armenian Պապ (Pap).

Proper noun

ܦܦܐ • (Pāpā) m

  1. a male given name

Further reading

  • Gignoux, Philippe; Jullien, Christelle; Jullien, Florence (2009) Noms propres syriaques d'origine iranienne [Syriac proper names of Iranian origin] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch, Band VII, Faszikel 5) (in French), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, § 335a

Etymology 3

From Persian ببغا (babǵâ, parrot; bulbul). Also see ܒܒܓܐ (babbaggā).

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. parrot
Inflection

References

  • pˀpˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ppˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 586a–b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 283a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 453b
  • 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 1151b, 1217b
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