Western Neo-Aramaic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Aramaic ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ (qamīṣtā), from Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion),[1] from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (clothes, shirt, skirt). Compare Turoyo ܩܡܶܣܬܐ (qmesto) and Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Bakh'a) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡sa/
  • (Maaloula) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡ʃa/
  • (Jubb'adin) IPA(key): /kamesˤt͡ʃa/

Noun edit

ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣčaf

  1. shirt

References edit

  1. ^ Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)