ܓܘ ܡܐܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑw.‿məʔɑː]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuː‿ʔɪm.mɑː]

Adverb

ܓܵܘ ܡܐܵܐ • (gāw mˀā)

1. percent (literally, “from inside the hundred”)

   ܚܲܡܫܝܼܢ ܓܵܘ ܡܐܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܲܠܓܵܐ، ܥܸܣܪܝܼܢ ܓܵܘ ܡܐܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܘܼܡܫܵܐ.

   ḥamšīn gāw mˀā ìlēh palgā, ˁisrīn gāw mˀā ìlēh ḥumšā.

   Fifty percent is a half, twenty percent is a fifth.

   ܗܵܫܵܐܝܼܬ݂، ܒܲܠܚܘܿܕ݂ ܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܐܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܬܹܒ݂ܹܝܠܵܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܥܝܼܪܵܩ.

   hāšāˀīṯ, balḥōḏ tlāṯā gāw mˀā d-āšōrāyē tēḇēlāˀīṯ biˁmārā ìnā gāw ˁīrāq.

   Currently, only three percent of Assyrians worldwide live in Iraq.

See also

• ܦܸܚܡܵܐ (piḥmā)
• ܐܸܡܘܿܢܵܐ (imōnā)