Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ܥ ܕ ܢ (ˁ d n)
2 terms

From Aramaic עֵדָּנָא (ʿeddānā), from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒂵 (adānum); compare Hebrew עִדָּן ('idán), Arabic عِدَّان (ʕiddān) and doublet of ܘܲܥܕܵܐ (waˁdā, appointed time).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʕɪddɑːnɑː]

Noun edit

ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ (ˁiddānāf sg (plural ܥܸܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ˁiddānē) or ܥܸܕܵܢܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ˁiddānāṯē))

  1. an instant of time
    ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܡܛܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇!ˁiddānā mṭē lāh!The time has arrived!
    ܡܛܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܒܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ، ܒܠܝܼܓ݂ܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ.mṭē lūḵ b-ḥḏā ˁiddānā bīštā, blīḡā ìwen.You arrived at a bad time, I'm busy.
  2. a duration of time
    ܠܲܝܬ ܠܝܼ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܬܲܪܡܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ.layt lī ˁiddānā qā tarmīṯā.I don’t have time for the project.
    ܒܲܣܵܐ ܒܲܪܒܸܙ ܥܸܕܵܢܝܼ ܝܲܩܝܼܪܬܵܐ!bassā barbiz ˁiddānī yaqīrtā!Stop wasting my precious time!
    ܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܝܲܐܝܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ ܠܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ ܒܣܘܼܦܩܵܢܵܐ.qayṭā ìlēh ˁiddānā yaˀīḇtā lēzālā b-supqānā.Summer is an excellent time to go on a vacation.
  3. (by extension) measurement of a quantity of time
    ܪܲܗܵܛܵܐ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ ܠܹܗ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܝܲܐܝܼܒ݂ܬܵܐ.rahhāṭā ˁḇīḏ lēh ˁiddānā yaˀīḇtā.The runner set an excellent time.

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Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

As Hebrew עִדָּן (ʿiddān), from Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒂵 (adānum).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕɛddɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕɛddɑne] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܕܢܐ (ʿeddānām (plural ܥܕܢܐ (ʿeddānē))

  1. moment
  2. season, age, time

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Descendants edit

(taking Syriac as representative for all Aramaic):
  • Arabic: عِدَّان (ʕiddān)

References edit

  • ˁdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 245a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 401b
  • 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 1073a