ܬܰܦܢܟܳܐ [?] tpnkʾ tap̄nkā, ܬܲܦܢܝܼܟܵܐ tpnykʾ tap̄nikā 1. prototype; 2. type, image; 3. t. gramm. basic, primary word (from which an adjective is derived)
Derivatives: ܬܲܦܢܟܵܝܵܐ tpnkyʾ tap̄nkāyā 1. formed, derived according to the prototype; 2. primary; ܬܲܦܢܟܘܼܬܵܐ tpnkwtʾ tap̄nkūṯā prototype; ܐܸܬܬܲܦܢܲܟ ʾttpnk ettap̄nak to become the prototype
Duval and LS compare NP tupank crucible (Steingass 281), tunpak mould, crucible (ibid. 327). The Iranian origin of the Syr. word is very doubtful. Should it be an Iranian loanword, it would be a very early one and would reflect an unattested antecedent of NP tupank, since it already occurs in ESL (4th century AD) ● tpnkʾ, tpnykʾ ESL 1, 607, 2; JSB 4, 585, 20; Jul 81, 18; prototype AS 1, 223D; BO 3, 2, 363u; type, image Jul 41, 11; MS 1, 107, 9; AS 3, 93, 18, cf. Guidi to p. 33 = ZM 1, 115, 3; basic word Bh gr 1, 16, 23, cf. 2, 9, 24; tpnkyʾ formed, derived according to the prototype gl herm; Bh gr 1, 16, 24; primary herm 77, 21–22; E} in Merx 19, 5; tpnkwtʾ Jšdd 113, 15; ʾttpnk TA 34, 143 ◆ LS 830b–831a; Duval index pers. 215