Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac originally borrowed as a singulative noun, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔaθ.leːtˤɑː]

Noun

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ܐܲܬ݂ܠܹܝܛܵܐ (aṯlēṭām (plural ܐܲܬ݂ܠܹܝ̈ܛܹܐ (aṯlēṭē))

  1. athlete, champion, combatant, fighter, warrior
  2. (chiefly in the plural) physical sport, athletics

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔaθle̝tˤɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔaθle̝tˤe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܬܠܝܛܐ (ʾaṯlêṭāʾm (plural ܐܬܠܝܛܐ)

  1. athlete, champion
  2. combatant, fighter, warrior
  3. (by extension, figuratively) martyr
    Synonym: ܣܗܕܐ

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References

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  • ˀtlyṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-08-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 22a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 32b
  • 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, pp. 111b-112a