ܝܗܘܕܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܝܗܘܼܕ݂‎ (huḏ, “Judea”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה‎ (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܵܝܵܐ‎ (āyā). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ‎ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי‎ (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jəhuːðaːjaː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [huːðaːjaː]

Adjective

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏāyā) (feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ‎ (huḏāytā), plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (huḏāyē))

  1. Judean
  2. Jewish (Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)

Noun

ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ • (huḏāyā) m (plural ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ (huḏāyē), feminine ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ‎ (huḏāytā))

  1. Judean
  2. Jew (member of the Jewish ethnicity)
    ‏ܝܗ̈ܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܹܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܗܘܲܘ ܛܪ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܗܘܿܢ‎
    huḏāyē dʿīrāq hwaw ṭrīḏē min aṯrhon
    The Jews of Iraq were expelled from their land.
  3. (Judaism) Jew (follower of Judaism)

Derived terms

  • ܝܗܘܼܕ݂ܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ‎ (huḏāyuṯā, “Judaism”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܝܘܕܝܐ‎

Etymology

From ܝܗܘܕ‎ (yəhūḏ, “Judea”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה‎ (yəhûḏâ) + the masculine gentilic suffix ܝܐ-‎ (-āyāʾ). Compare Arabic يَهُودِيّ‎ (yahūdiyy) and Hebrew יְהוּדִי‎ (yəhûḏî).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jəhudɑjɑ/, [juðɑjɑ], [ʔihuðɑjɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): /jəhudɑje/, [juðɑje], [ʔihuðɑje] (plural)

Noun

ܝܗܘܕܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܗܘܕܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܝܗܘܕܝܬܐ‎)

  1. Judean
  2. (Judaism) Jew

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܝܗܘܕܝܘܬܐ‎

Descendants

  • → Old Armenian: հրեայ (hreay)
  • → Arabic: يَهُودِيّ‎ (yahūdiyy)

References

  • “yhwdy”, 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, page 139b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 189a
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