ܒܘܣܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܣܬܢܐ

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bw(d)stʾn' /⁠bō(ye)stān⁠/). Compare Persian بوستان (bôstân), Arabic بُسْتَان (bustān), and Hebrew בֻּסְתָּן (bustān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bustɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bustɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܘܣܬܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܘܣܬܢܐ)

1. garden, orchard

Inflection

Inflection of ܒܘܣܬܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܒܘܣܬܢ		1st person	ܒܘܣܬܢܝ		ܒܘܣܬܢܢ
	construct	ܒܘܣܬܢ		2nd person	ܒܘܣܬܢܟ	ܒܘܣܬܢܟܝ	ܒܘܣܬܢܟܘܢ	ܒܘܣܬܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܣܬܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܣܬܢܗ	ܒܘܣܬܢܗ	ܒܘܣܬܢܗܘܢ	ܒܘܣܬܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܢ		1st person	ܒܘܣܬܢܝ		ܒܘܣܬܢܝܢ
	construct	ܒܘܣܬܢܝ		2nd person	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܟ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܟܝ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܟܘܢ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܒܘܣܬܢܐ		3rd person	ܒܘܣܬܢܘܗܝ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܗ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܗܘܢ	ܒܘܣܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Derived terms

• ܒܘܣܬܘܢܝܬܐ

References

• “bwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 33b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 38b
• 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. 128a-b