ܣܩܘܬܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Σκυθία (Skuthía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [squtiyɑ]

Proper noun

ܣܩܘܬܝܐ • (sqūtīyā)

1. Scythia

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Noun

ܣܩܘܬܝܐ • (sqūtāyā) m (plural ܣܩܘܬܝ̈ܐ or ܣܩܘܬܣ)

1. Scythian

See also

• ܛܘܪܟܝܐ (“Turk”)
• ܡܘܓܠܝܐ (“Mongol”)
• ܓܕܪܝܐ (“Khazar”)

References

• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 690
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 388