Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition
I. General Abbreviations
| AT |
Arabic translation |
| b. |
bin (Arabic for ‘son’) |
| bp. |
bishop |
| ca. |
circa |
| cath. |
catholicos |
| cath. |
Catholic (i.e., Roman Catholic) |
| cent. |
century / centuries |
| Ch. of E. |
Church of the East |
| Chald. |
Chaldean |
| coll. |
collection |
| CPA |
Christian Palestinian Aramaic |
| DT |
Dutch translation |
| E. Syr. |
E. Syrian / E. Syriac |
| ed. |
edited, edition |
| et al. |
et alii ‘and others’ |
| ET |
English translation |
| fl. |
floruit (referring to the most productive period in a figure’s
life) |
| FS |
Festschrift |
| FT |
French translation |
| GT |
German translation |
| IT |
Italian translation |
| J. |
(occasionally) Journal |
| LT |
Latin translation |
| Maron. |
Maronite |
| Melk. |
Melkite |
| metr. |
Metropolitan |
| ms(s). |
manuscript(s) |
| ns |
New Series (in part. for journals) |
| NT |
New Testament |
| OT |
Old Testament |
| patr. |
Patriarch |
| r. |
ruled |
| repr. |
reprint or reprinted |
| RT |
Russian translation |
| SBL |
Society of Biblical Literature |
| ST |
Spanish translation |
| Syr. Cath. |
Syriac Catholic |
| Syr. Orth. |
Syriac Orthodox |
| W. Syr. |
W. Syriac / W. Syrian |
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I. General Abbreviations
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