ܐܘܪܗܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, probably from ܐܘܿܪ (ōr) + Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/); compare also borrowed into Arabic الرُّهَا (ar-ruhā) and Ottoman Turkish اورفه (Urfa). As a given name, it follows the custom of female-given names often including the names of cities.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔoːrhɑːj]

Proper noun

ܐܘܿܪܗܵܝ • (ōrhāy) f

1. Edessa (a city in southeastern Turkey)
2. a female given name

Derived terms

• ܐܘܿܪܗܵܝܵܐ (ōrhāyā, “Edessan”)

See also

• ܐܹܕܲܣܵܐ (ēdassā)
• ܐܲܕܡܹܐ (admē)

Classical Syriac

ܨܠܡ ܪܝܫ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܘܪܗܝ

Etymology

Probably from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩 (hwslwdy /⁠Husrōy⁠/)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔurhɑj], [ʔorhɑj]

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܗܝ • (ʾurhāy, ʾorhāy)

1. (chiefly historical) Urfa (a city in southeastern Turkey)

   Synonyms: ܐܕܣܐ (ʾedesa, ʾādəsā), ܐܕܡܐ (ʾadme)

   • a. 680, Naṣīr al-Kaʿbī, editor, A Short Chronicle of the End of the Sasanian Empire and Early Islam 590–660 A.D., Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 48 [25]:

     ܗܝܕܝܢ ܟܢܫ ܟܘܣܪܘ ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܘܥܠܝ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܪ̈ܗܘܡܢܐ. ܘܥܒܕ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܪ̈ܒܝ ܚ̈ܝܠܐ ܘܫܕܪ ܠܡܥܪܒܐ. ܘܟܒܫܘ ܠܡܪܕܐ ܘܠܐܡܕ. ܘܠܡܝܦܪܩܛ ܘܠܐܘܪܗܝ.

     Then Khusrow swept together an army and encroached upon the lands of the Byzantines. He appointed two commanders whom he sent to the West, and they pressed upon Mardin, ʾAmed, Mayparqeṭ and Urfa.

Derived terms

• ܐܘܼܪܗܵܝܵܐ (ʾurhāyā, “Edessan”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: الرُّهَا (ar-ruhā), الرُّهَاء (ar-ruhāʔ)
  • → Northern Kurdish: Riha
• → Middle Persian:

  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾlhʾy)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (ʾwlhʾy)

• → Parthian:

  Inscriptional Parthian script: [script needed] (ʾwrhʾy)

• → Old Armenian: Ուռհայ (Uṙhay)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اورفه (Urfa), اورفا (Urfa)
  • English: Urfa
  • Turkish: Urfa
    • ⇒ Turkish: Şanlıurfa

References

• “ˀwrhy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• ܐܘܪܗܝ on syriacdictionary.net
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D.‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 7b
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879) Thesaurus Syriacus‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 93

Turoyo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔurhoj/

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܗܳܝ • (urhoi) (f)

1. Edessa (a former city in today’s Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey; modern Şanlıurfa)
2. a female given name