ܕܪܡܣܘܩ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic דַּרְמֶשֶׂק (darmeśeq). Compare Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק (dammeśeq), Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩ • (darmsōq) m
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic דַּרְמֶשֶׂק (darmeśeq) [1]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܕܪܡܣܘܩ • (dar(ə)msūq/darmsoq)
Derived terms edit
- ܕܪܡܣܘܩܝܐ (“Damascene”)
Descendants edit
- Arabic: دِمَشْق (dimašq)
References edit
- ܕܪܡܣܘܩ on syriacdictionary.net
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22b
- Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 216