ܐܝܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אִיָּר‎ (ʾiyyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔiːjaːr]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔiːjar]

Proper noun

ܐܝܼܵܪ • (īyār) m

  1. The second month of the Assyrian calendar.
  2. Iyar (eighth month of the Jewish calendar (of twenty-nine days), following Nisan and preceding Sivan)
  3. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar (of thirty-one days), following April and preceding June)

Synonyms
  • (May): ܡܵܝܘܿܣ‎ (māyos)

See also
Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܝܵܐ‎ (yarḥē d-surgādā māwlādāyā) (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (kānon ḥārāyā) ܫܒ݂ܵܛ‎ (šḇāṭ) ܐܵܕܵܪ‎ (ādār) ܢܝܼܣܵܢ‎ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār) ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ‎ (ḥzīrān) ܬܵܡܘܿܙ‎ (tāmoz) ܐܵܒ‎ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ‎ (ṭabbāḥ)
September October November December
ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ‎ (īlol) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (tišrin qamāyā) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (tišrin ḥārāyā) ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (kānon qamāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic אִיָּיר‎ (ʾīyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔiyɑr]

Noun

ܐܝܪ • (ʾīyār)

  1. May
  2. Iyar
Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ‎ (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ‎ (kānūn b) ܫܒܛ‎ (šḇāṭ) ܐܕܪ‎ (ʾādār) ܢܝܣܢ‎ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār) ܚܙܝܪܢ‎ (ḥzīrān) ܬܡܘܙ‎ (tammūz) ܐܒ‎ (ʾāb)
September October November December
ܐܝܠܘܠ‎ (ʾīlūl) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ‎ (tešrīn ʾ) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ‎ (tešrīn b) ܟܢܘܢ ܐ‎ (kānūn ʾ)

Descendants
  • Arabic: أيار‎ (ʔayyār)

References
  • “yr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ܐܕܪ on syriacdictionary.net
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 47
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 16
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 14
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 8

Further reading

ܐܝܪ‎ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc

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