Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Etymology edit

Root
ܕ ܪ ܫ (d r š)
4 terms

Borrowed from Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa) reinterpreted as from the above root. Compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה (midrashá).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.draʃ.tɑː]

Noun edit

ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ (madraštāf (plural ܡܲܕܪ̈ܲܫܝܵܬܹܐ (madrašyātē))

  1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
    ܡܘܼܕܝܼ ܝܠܝܼܦ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܓܵܘ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ؟
    mūdī līp lūḵ gāw madraštā idyōm?
    What did you learn at school today?
    ܝܵܠܲܕ݇ܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܙܠ݇ܝܼ ܠܚܕܵܐ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܥܲܡܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܵܬܲܢ.
    yālan kē āzī lḥdā madraštā ˁammāytā gāw mātan.
    Our children attend a public school in our village.

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Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Calque of Arabic مَدْرَسَة (madrasa) and reinterpreted as from the root ܕ-ܪ-ܫ (d-r-š), compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה (miḏrāšâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [maðrɛʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maðr(ə)ʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܕܪܫܬܐ (maḏreštaʾf (plural ܡܕܪܫܬܐ)

  1. school

Inflection edit

References edit

  • mdršh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 71b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 254b
  • 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. 718b