ܩܡܝܨܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܩܡܝܣܬܐ‎ (qamīstā)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion)[1], from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Arabic قميص‎ (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qamisˤtɑ/

Noun

ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ • (qamīṣtā) f (plural ܩܲܡܼܝܣܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ‎)

  1. shirt

Descendants

References
  1. Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)
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