Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic אִיָּר (ʾiyyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔiːjaːr]
  • (Barwar) IPA(key): [jaːr]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔiːjar]

Proper noun edit

ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyārm

  1. The second month of the Assyrian calendar
  2. Iyar (eighth month of the Jewish calendar of twenty-nine days)
  3. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar of thirty-one days)

Synonyms edit

Coordinate terms edit

Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgāḏā māwlāḏāyā) (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (kānōn trayyānā) ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ) ܐܵܕ݂ܵܪ (āḏār) ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār) ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān) ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmōz) ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ)
September October November December
ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlōl) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā) ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā)

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic אִיָּיר (ʾīyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܐܝܪ (ʾīyār)

  1. May
  2. Iyar
Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b) ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ) ܐܕܪ (ʾādār) ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār) ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān) ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz) ܐܒ (ʾāb)
September October November December
ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b) ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ)

Descendants edit

  • Arabic: أيار (ʔayyār)

References edit

  • yr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ܐܕܪ on syriacdictionary.net
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 47
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 16
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 8

Further reading edit

  ܐܝܪ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc