ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Possible learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, Literally, “way of the chaff”; compare also in Arabic دَرْب اَلتَّبَّانَة (darb at-tabbāna, literally “way of the haymakers”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃəwiːl‿tɪw.nɑː]

Proper noun

ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠ ܬܸܒ݂ܢܵܐ • (šḇīl tiḇnā) m

1. (astronomy) Milky Way

   Synonym: ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܓܲܢܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (urḥā dgannāḇē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܒܝܠ (šəḇīl, “way of”), construct state of ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəḇīlāʾ, “way”) + ܬܒܢܐ (teḇnāʾ, “chaff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃ(ə)vil tɛvnɑ(ʔ)]

Proper noun

ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. (astronomy) Milky Way

References

• “šbyl”, 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, p. 357b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 556b
• 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, p. 1503a