ܩܠܝܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma); compare also borrowed into Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm) and Hebrew אַקְלִים (aklím).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qəleːmɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [qəliːmɑː]

Noun

ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ • (qlēmā) m sg (plural ܩܠܹܝܡܹ̈ܐ (qlēmē))

1. region, climate, clime (geographical area of the earth, particularly a zone of latitude)
2. territory (geographical area under the legal control of a country)

Derived terms

• ܩܠܹܝܡܵܝܵܐ (qlēmāyā, “territorial”)
• ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܪܕܸܣܛܵܢ (qlēmā dqurdisṭān, “Kurdistan region”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma). Compare Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [q(ə)limɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [q(ə)lime], [q(ə)limɑtˤɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܩܠܝܡܐ • (qəlimā) m (plural ܩܠܝܡܛܐ (qəlimē) or ܩܠܝܡܐ)

1. clime
2. land, region, district, zone

References

• “qlym”, 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 320b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507a
• 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 1371a