Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (Śārâ, Princess).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈsar.rɑ]

Proper noun edit

ܣܲܪܵܐ (sarrāf

  1. (biblical) Sarah
    • Genesis 17:15:
      ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܗܵܡ، ܣܲܪܲܝ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܘܼܟ݂ ܠܵܐ ܩܵܪܹܝܬ ܫܸܡܘܿܗ̇ ܣܲܪܲܝ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܣܲܪܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܫܸܡܘܿܗ̇.
      w-mīrēh allāhā l-aḇrāhām, sarray baḵtūḵ lā qārēt šimmōh sarray, īnā sarrā hāwē šimmōh.
      And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah her name shall be.
  2. a female given name from Hebrew
Derived terms edit

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Etymology 2 edit

Root
ܣ ܪ ܐ (s r ˀ)
2 terms

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sɑːreː]

Verb edit

ܣܵܪܹܐ (sārē) (present participle ܣܪܵܝܵܐ (srāyā), past participle ܣܸܪܝܵܐ (siryā))

  1. to be bad
  2. to deteriorate
  3. to degenerate
  4. to worsen
  5. to stink
Conjugation edit

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (Śārâ).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

ܣܪܐ (sarrāf

  1. Sarah (Biblical figure)
  2. a female given name

References edit

  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 414b