ܡܝܛܪܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܡܛܪܐܢ (meṭrān), ܡܝܛܪܐܢ (meṭrān)

Etymology

Clipping of ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܐ (meṭrīpōlīṭā) and similar longer forms +‎ -ܢ (-ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛtˤrɑn] (singular and plural)

Noun

ܡܝܛܪܢ • (meṭrān) m (plural ܡܝܛܪܢ (meṭrān))

1. (Christianity) metropolitan, archbishop

Synonyms

• ܡܝܛܪܘܦܘܠܝܛܐ (meṭrīpōlīṭā)

Descendants

• → Arabic: مُطْرَان (muṭrān)

References

• “myṭrn”, 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, page 181b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 269a
• 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 752a