ܐܫܘܪܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשּׁוּרָיָא (ăšūrāyā). By surface analysis, ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšōr, “Assyria; Ashur”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending). Doublet of ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā) and ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āṯōrāyā).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ • (āšōrāyā) (feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā), plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē))
- Assyrian (of, from, or pertaining to Assyria, the Assyrian culture or Assyrian people)
Noun edit
ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ • (āšōrāyā) m (plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē), feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā))
Derived terms edit
- ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (āšōrāyūtā, “Assyrianness”)
- ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܐܝܼܬ (āšōrāˀīt, “Assyrian language”)