ܦܛܠ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Akin to Hebrew פֶּטֶל (péṭel), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic פטל of like meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p(ə)tˤal]

Noun

ܦܛܠ • (pṭal) m

1. briar, bramble (plant and fruit)

   Synonym: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā)

References

• “pṭl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 442a
• 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 1182a
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 315
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 187