Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔustɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔustɑne] (plural)

Noun edit

ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānām (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))

  1. court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
  2. * province, crownland

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References edit

  • ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a