ܟܠܦܬ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Northern Kurdish [script needed] (kuflet, “maid, female servant; wife”), from Arabic كُلْفَة (kulfa, “burden; cost”).

Pronunciation

• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃul.pat.]

Noun

ܟܸܠܦܲܬ • (kilpat) f sg (plural ܟܸܠܦܲܬܹ̈ܐ (kilpattē))

1. (dialectal) family

See also

• ܐܝܼܩܲܪܬܵܐ (īqartā, “family”)
• ܒܲܝܬܘܼܬܵܐ (baytūtā, “household”)