ܥܝܪܩ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
| Root |
|---|
| ܥ ܪ ܩ (ˁ r q) |
| 2 terms |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), see there for more.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܥܝܼܪܵܩ • (ˁīrāq) m or f
- Iraq (a country in Middle East, Asia; official name: Republic of Iraq)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܣܲܓܝܼܐܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܦܝܵܫܵܐ ܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
- garbyā dˁīrāq īlēh aykā dsagīˀūtā d-āšōrāyē atrānāyē pyāšā biˁmārā ìnā.
- The north of Iraq is where most of the remaining homeland Assyrians are living.
- (historical) An expansive historical region of medieval Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).
Usage notes edit
- This term can be grammatically masculine due to it being so in Arabic. However, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers usually treat this term as grammatically feminine, because most countries and cities are feminine.
Derived terms edit
- ܥܝܼܪܵܩܵܝܵܐ (ˁīrāqāyā, “Iraqi”)
- ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ (quṭnāyūtā dˁīrāq, “Republic of Iraq”)