𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀

text:
𐡀𐡋𐡄 𐡑𐡋𐡌𐡄 𐡆𐡉 𐡀𐡋𐡍𐡐 𐡁𐡓 𐡀𐡔𐡉
𐡄𐡅 𐡏𐡁𐡃 𐡋𐡍𐡐𐡔𐡄 𐡄𐡅𐡌𐡉𐡕𐡊
𐡁𐡋 𐡅𐡍𐡁𐡅 𐡆𐡉 𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 𐡆𐡍𐡄
𐡉𐡄𐡅𐡄 𐡏𐡃𐡄 𐡀𐡉𐡔 𐡀𐡋 𐡉𐡏𐡌𐡋

ref: 5th C. BCE, Daskyleion epitaph, KAI 318:

english:
This is the image of Elnap son of ʾŠY;
he has made it for his funerary stele. I adjure thee
by Bel and Nabu, whoever will be
passing this road, let no one disturb it.

roman:
ʾlh ṣlmh zy ʾlnp br ʾšy
hw ʿbd lnpšh hwmytk
bl wnbw zy ʾrḥʾ znh
yhwh ʿdh ʾyš ʾl yʿml

type: quote

links: road road

pos: noun

tlb

arc

ImpA

expansion: (Imperial Aramaic)

forms:
ʾrḥʾ (romanization)
state 𐡀𐡓𐡇 (absolute)

etymology_text: From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Akin to Old Aramaic 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀 (ʾrḥʾ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוֹרְחָא (ʔorḥā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (ʾurḥā), Nabataean Aramaic 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀 (ʾrḥʾ), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܘܪܚܐ, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארחה, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ (ʿuhra).

inh

sem-pro

*ʔurḫ-

expansion: Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-

cog

arc-old

𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀

tr: ʾrḥʾ

expansion: Old Aramaic 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀 (ʾrḥʾ)

tmr

אוֹרְחָא

tr: ʔorḥā

syc

ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ

tr: ʾurḥā

expansion: Classical Syriac ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (ʾurḥā)

arc-nab

𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀

expansion: Nabataean Aramaic 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀 (ʾrḥʾ)

arc-cpa

ܐܘܪܚܐ

expansion: Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܘܪܚܐ

jpa

ארחה

expansion: Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארחה

myz

ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ

expansion: Classical Mandaic ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ (ʿuhra)


𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀

glosses: The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:

links: fetter fetter

links: millstone millstone

text: 𐡁𐡓𐡀 𐡆𐡉 𐡉𐡕𐡀𐡋𐡐 𐡅𐡉𐡕𐡎𐡓 𐡅𐡉𐡕𐡔𐡉𐡌 𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 𐡁𐡓𐡂𐡋𐡅[𐡄𐡉] […]

ref: 5th C. BCE, Story of Ahikar, column 12, line 175; edited and translated in Bezalel Porten, Ada Yardeni, editors, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, volume 3, Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1993, →ISBN, pages 49–50:

english: The son who will be educated and disciplined and at whose feet the fetter/millstone/way will be laid […]

roman: brʾ zy ytʾlp wytsr wytśym ʾrḥʾ brglw[hy] […]

links: way way

etymology_text: Akin to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אֲרִיחָא (ʔărīḥā, “beam”) in the majority view; alternatively connected to Classical Syriac ܪܲܚܝܵܐ (raḥyā, “millstone”) or interpreted as merely a figurative use of the previous etymology.

אֲרִיחָא

tr: ʔărīḥā

beam

ܪܲܚܝܵܐ

tr: raḥyā

millstone