ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ‎ (bēṯnahrin), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ‎ (bēṯnahrin), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯ nahrin)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ‎ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܝܬ‎ (bêṯ, “between”) (contraction of ܒܝܢܬ‎ (baynāṯ)) + ܢܗܪܝܢ‎ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܗܪܐ‎ (nahrā)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates, Literally, “between the rivers”, although the term encompasses land around the rivers as well.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [beːt.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]

ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ‎ • (bēt nahrin) f

1. Mesopotamia

• ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (nahrāyā, “Mesopotamian”)

• ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ‎ (Bêṯnahrīn)

From ܒܹܝܬ‎ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ‎ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ‎ (nahrā, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

• IPA^(key): [be̝θˈnah.rin]

ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ‎ • (Bêṯ Nahrīn) f

1. Mesopotamia (literally "[the land] between two rivers")
2. Diyar Rabi'a

• ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ‎ (ʾārām nahrayn)
• ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ‎ (beṯ ʾārāmāye)
• ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ‎ (Bêṯ Nahrawwāṯā)
• ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ‎ (Meṣʿaṯ Nahrawwāṯā)

• “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 404b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
• 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. 142a