ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܕܪܫܬܐ

Etymology

Root
ܕ ܪ ܫ‎ (d r š)
2 terms

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, itself a calque of Arabic مَدْرَسَة‎ (madrasa) reinterpreted as from the above root. Compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה‎ (midrashá).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ma.draʃ.tɑː]

Noun

ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ • (madraštā) f (plural ܡܲܕܪ̈ܲܫܝܵܬܹܐ‎ (madrašyātē))

  1. school (institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
    ‏ܡܘܼܕܝܼ ܝܠܝܼܦ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܓܵܘ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ؟‎‎
    mudī lip luḵ gāw madraštā idyom?
    What did you learn at school today?
    ‏ܝܵܠܲܕ݇ܢ̈ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܙܠ݇ܝܼ ܠܚܕܵܐ ܡܲܕܪܲܫܬܵܐ ܥܲܡܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܡܵܬܲܢ.‎‎
    yālan kē āzī lḥdā madraštā ʿammāytā gāw mātan.
    Our children attend a public school in our village.

Inflection

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Calque of Arabic مَدْرَسَة‎ (madrasa) and reinterpreted as from the root ܕ-ܪ-ܫ‎ (d-r-š), compare Hebrew מִדְרָשָׁה‎ (miḏrāšâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maðrɛʃtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maðr(ə)ʃɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܡܕܪܫܬܐ • (maḏreštaʾ) f (plural ܡܕܪܫܬܐ)

  1. school

Inflection

References

  • “mdršh”, 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. 71b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 254b
  • 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. 718b
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