ܐܫܘܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

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

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɑːʃoːˈrɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ • (āšōrāyā) (feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā), plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē))

1. Assyrian (of, from, or pertaining to Assyria, the Assyrian culture or Assyrian people)

Noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ • (āšōrāyā) m (plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē), feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā))

1. Assyrian (A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent)
2. an inhabitant of the city of Ashur

Derived terms

• ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (āšōrāyūtā, “Assyrianness”)
• ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܐܝܼܬ (āšōrāˀīt, “Assyrian language”)