ܒܒܠ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editAlternative forms
edit- ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ (bāḇil), ܒܵܒ݂ܹܝܠ (bāḇēl)
Etymology
editFrom Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim). More at Babylon.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editܒܵܒ݂ܹܠ • (bāḇēl) f
- Babylon, Babel (capital of ancient Babylonia)
- Babylonia (ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia)
Derived terms
edit- ܒܵܒ݂ܠܵܝܵܐ (bāḇlāyā, “Babylonian”)
Classical Syriac
editEtymology
editFrom Aramaic בבל (bāḇel), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editܒܒܠ • (bāḇel)
- Babylon, Babel (capital of ancient Babylonia)
- Synonym: ܒܒܝܠ (bāvil)
- Babylon Province/Babil Governorate
- Synonym: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܒܒܠ
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “bbly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34
- Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 175
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 137
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- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Akkadian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic proper nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic feminine nouns
- aii:Historical capitals
- aii:Babylonia
- Classical Syriac terms inherited from Aramaic
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Aramaic
- Classical Syriac terms derived from Akkadian
- Classical Syriac terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Syriac lemmas
- Classical Syriac proper nouns