ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
editAlternative forms
edit- ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯnahrawwāṯā)
Etymology
editLearned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) (contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)) + ܢܗܪܝܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܗܪܐ (nahrā)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates, Literally, “between the rivers”, although the term encompasses land around the rivers as well.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard) IPA(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [beːt.‿nah.riːn.]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]
Proper noun
editSee also
edit- ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (nahrāyā, “Mesopotamian”)
Classical Syriac
editAlternative forms
edit- ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ (Bêṯnahrīn)
Etymology
editFrom ܒܹܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ (nahrā, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
edit- Mesopotamia (literally "[the land] between two rivers")
- Diyar Rabi'a
Synonyms
edit- ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ (ʾārām nahrayn)
- ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ (beṯ ʾārāmāye)
- ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Bêṯ Nahrawwāṯā)
- ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Meṣʿaṯ Nahrawwāṯā)
References
edit- “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-19
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 404b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
- 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, p. 142a
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- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms borrowed from Classical Syriac
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- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms derived from Classical Syriac
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic lemmas
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic proper nouns
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic multiword terms
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic feminine nouns
- Classical Syriac terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Syriac lemmas
- Classical Syriac proper nouns
- Classical Syriac multiword terms
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