ܝܣܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

ܝܣܡܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Aramaic יַסְמָא (yasmā), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾsmn'); compare Persian یاسمن (yâsaman), Sogdian 𐫝𐫀𐫢𐫖𐫗 (cʾšmn /⁠jāsmin⁠/) and other Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jasmɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܣܡܵܐ • (yasmā) m sg (plural ܝܲܣܡܹ̈ܐ (yasmē))

1. jasmine, jessamine

Inflection

Inflection of ܝܲܣܡܵܐ (yasmā)

number	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
	state	form	person	singular		plural
				m	f
singular	absolute	–	1st person	ܝܲܣܡܝܼ (yasmī)		ܝܲܣܡܲܢ (yasman)
	construct	ܝܼܣܲܡ (īsam)	2nd person	ܝܲܣܡܘܼܟ݂ (yasmūḵ)	ܝܲܣܡܵܟ݂ܝ (yasmāḵ)	ܝܲܣܡܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yasmāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܣܡܵܐ (yasmā)	3rd person	ܝܲܣܡܹܗ (yasmēh)	ܝܲܣܡܵܗ̇ (yasmāh)	ܝܲܣܡܗܘܿܢ (yasmhōn)
plural	absolute	–	1st person	ܝܲܣܡܝܼ̈ (yasmī)		ܝܲܣܡܲܢ̈ (yasman)
	construct	ܝܲܣܡܲܝ̈ (yasmay)	2nd person	ܝܲܣܡܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (yasmūḵ)	ܝܲܣܡܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (yasmāḵ)	ܝܲܣܡܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (yasmāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܝܲܣܡܹ̈ܐ (yasmē)	3rd person	ܝܲܣܡܘܼ̈ܗܝ (yasmūh)	ܝܲܣܡ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (yasmōh)	ܝܲܣܡܗ̈ܘܿܢ (yasmhōn)

Related terms

• ܝܵܣܡܝܼܢ (yāsmīn)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܝܣܡܝܢ (yasmin)
• ܝܣܡܢܓ (/⁠ysmng⁠/)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yʾsmn'). See Persian یاسمن (yâsaman) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jasmɑ(ʔ)] (in the singular)
• IPA^(key): [jasme(ʔ)] (in the plural)

Noun

ܝܣܡܐ • (yasmā) m (plural ܝܣܡܐ)

1. jasmine

Inflection

    inflection of ܝܣܡܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܝܣܡ	ܝܣܡܝܢ
construct	ܝܣܡ	ܝܣܡܝ
emphatic	ܝܣܡܐ	ܝܣܡܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܝܣܡܝ	ܝܣܡܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܝܣܡܟ	ܝܣܡܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܝܣܡܟܝ	ܝܣܡܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܝܣܡܗ	ܝܣܡܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܝܣܡܗ	ܝܣܡܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܝܣܡܢ	ܝܣܡܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܝܣܡܟܘܢ	ܝܣܡܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܝܣܡܟܝܢ	ܝܣܡܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܝܣܡܗܘܢ	ܝܣܡܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܝܣܡܗܝܢ	ܝܣܡܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ysmˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 188
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 142b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194a
• 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, page 577a