ܓܢܬܐ ܕܚܝܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܦܝܼܠܹ̈ܐ ܓܵܘ ܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎

Etymology

ܓܲܢܬܵܐ‎ (gantā, “garden”) +‎ ܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (ḵaywātē, “animals”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡan.tɑː‿xe.wɑːteː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒan.tɑː‿xe.wɑːteː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ɡan.θɑː‿xaj.wɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ • (gantā d-ḵaywātē) f sg (plural ܓܲܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (gannē d-ḵaywātē))

  1. zoo, zoological garden (A park where live animals are exhibited)
    ‏ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܒܲܝܬܘܼܬܝܼ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܓܲܢܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܩܵܐ ܕܚܵܙܲܚ ܙܵܪ̈ܝܼܦܹܐ ܘܦܝܼܠ̈ܐ.‎‎
    ānā w-baytutī zillan l-gantā d-ḵaywātē qā d-ḵāzaḵ zārīpē w-pīlē.
    My family and I went to the zoo to see giraffes and elephants.

Inflection

  • ܚܲܝܘܵܐ‎ m (ḵaywā, “animal”)
  • ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬܵܐ‎ f (ḵawtā, “animal”)
  • ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (ḵawtānāyā, “zoological”)
  • ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ ܚܲܝܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ‎ (mmallut ḵaywātē, “zoology”)
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