ܡܨܪܝܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Aramaic מֵצרֵין (miṣrēn), from a common Semitic source, compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim), Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣriʾi), Arabic مِصْر (miṣr) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm). The dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ • (miṣrēn) f
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
- (historical) a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean
Derived terms edit
- ܡܸܨܪܵܝܵܐ (miṣrāyā, “Egyptian”)
- ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ (miṣrēn ˁatīqtā, “Ancient Egypt”)
- ܟܬܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ (ktāytā d-miṣrēn, “turkey”, literally “hen of Egypt”)
Proper noun edit
ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ • (miṣrēn) m
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From a common Semitic source, compare Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣriʾi), Arabic مصر (misr) Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mīṣrayīm), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ܡܨܪܝܢ • (meṣren) m
- Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
- Synonyms: ܒܝܬ ܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ, ܡܨܪܝܡ
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܪܒܝܬܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ
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References edit
- ܡܨܪ̈ܝܢ on syriacdictionary.net
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 295
- Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 569