ܝܪܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic יַרחָא‎ (yarḥā), from Proto-Semitic *warḫ-; compare Hebrew יָרֵחַ‎ (yaréakh, “moon”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jar.ħɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [jar.xɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܪܚܵܐ • (yarḵā) m sg (plural ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ (yarḵē))

  1. month (A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.)
    ‏ܟܠ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܢܝܼܣܵܢ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ‎
    kul šētā nīsān yarḵā brīḵā ìlēh.
    Every year April is a blessed month.
    ‏ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܒܚܙܘܼܩܝܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ.‎‎
    bit āzaḵ b-ḵzuqyā qā tlātā yarḵē.
    We're going on a trip for three months.
    • Luke 1:36:
      ‏ܘܗܵܐ ܐܘܼܦ ܐܹܠܝܼܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܚܸܙܡܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ، ܘܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܗ̇ܝ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬܵܐ ܥܩܲܪܬܵܐ.‎‎
      w-hā up ēlišḇaʿ ḥizmāḵ bṭintā ìlāh bronā bsaybutā, w-ʾāhā yarḥā d-ʾištā ìlēh l-ay dkē pāyšā qrītā ʿqartā.
      Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

Inflection

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)

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *warḫ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jarħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jarħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܚܐ)

  1. month

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܝܪܚܘܢܐ‎
  • ܝܪܚܘܬܐ‎
  • ܝܪܚܢܐܝܬ‎
  • ܝܪܚܢܝܐ‎
  • ܪܝܫ ܝܪܚܐ‎

References

  • “yrḥ”, 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. 145a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a-b
  • 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. 584a

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܝܪܚܐ‎ (yarḥā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (singular) /jarħo/
  • IPA(key): (plural) /jarħe/

Noun

ܝܰܪܚܳܐ • (yarḥo) m (plural ܝܰܪܚܶܐ (yarḥe))

  1. month

See also

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