ܠܥܙܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Λάζαρος (Lázaros), from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר (ʾelʿāzār, literally “God has helped”). Doublet of ܐܹܠܝܼܥܵܙܲܪ (ēlīˁāzar, “Eleazar”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [la.ʕɑːzar.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [lɑːzar.]

Proper noun

ܠܲܥܵܙܲܪ • (laˁāzar) m

1. (biblical) Lazarus (a man raised from the dead by Jesus Christ.)
   • John 11:11:

     ܡ̣ܢ ܒܵܬ݇ܪ ܕܗܘܼܡܙܸܡ ܠܹܗ ܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ، ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ ܐܸܠܗܘܿܢ: «ܠܲܥܵܙܲܪ ܡܘܼܚܸܒܲܢ ܕܡܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܹܐܙܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܡܲܪܥܸܫܸܢ ܠܹܗ».

     min bār d-humzim lēh hādḵā, mīr lēh ilhōn: “laˁāzar mūḥibban dmīḵā ìlēh, īnā bēzālā ìwen d-marˁiššin lēh”.

     These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

2. a male given name
3. a surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• ܓ̰ܵܓ̰ܘܿ (jājō) (diminutive, nickname)