Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ, from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔuːqəjɑːnosː]

Noun edit

ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ (ēwqyānōsm sg (plural ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē) or ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܼ (ēwqyānū))

  1. ocean (very large body of salt water covering approximately 71% of the surface of Earth and 97% of Earth's water)

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Classical Syriac edit

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ (ʾōqeyānōsm (plural ܐܘܩܝܢܘ)

  1. ocean

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References edit

  • ˀwqyˀnws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 7b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 20a