ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ

Western Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • ܩܡܣܬ̤ܐ‎ (ḳamesčaʾ)

Pronunciation
  • (Bakh'a) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡sa/
  • (Maaloula) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡ʃa/
  • (Jubb'adin) IPA(key): /kamesˤt͡ʃa/

Etymology

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

Noun

ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣčaʾ) f

  1. shirt

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