Search matches the text of an entry, ignoring diacritics and
transliteration marks. You can refine a search with the wildcards and
exact-phrase syntax below.
Single-character wildcard: ?
"?" stands in for any single character.
Thus a search for:
returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".
Similarly a search for:
returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".
Multiple-character wildcard: *
"*" stands in for any number of characters, so it is
useful for truncated words.
Thus a search for:
returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.
Similarly a search for:
returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.
Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration
formats, searching ignores diacritics and transliteration marks; for
example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results containing that mark,
and "Henanisho" will match "Ḥenanishoʿ".
Exact Phrase Searches
To match an exact phrase (words in that order), enclose it in double
quotes. Diacritics are still ignored, and wildcards may be used inside
the phrase.
Thus:
returns only results containing that exact phrase, rather than results
for the separate words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".