ܬܐܘܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic تَوْأَم‎ (tawʔam) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם‎ (təʾôm).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [toːmɑː]

Noun

ܬܐܘܿܡܵܐ • (toma) m (feminine ܬܐܘܿܡܬܵܐ‎ (tomta), plural ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tome))

  1. twin, double
    Synonym: ܓ̰ܲܡܵܐ‎ (jammā)
    ‏ܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܬܐܘܿܡܝܼ.‎‎ ― āhā ìlēh tʾomī. ― This is my twin.

Declension

Proper noun

ܬܐܘܿܡܵܐ • (Toma) m

  1. (biblical) Thomas
    • John 11:16:
      ‏ܗ̇ܝܓܵܗ ܬܐܘܿܡܵܐ، ܗ̇ܘ ܕܦܵܝܹܫ ܩܸܪܝܵܐ ܓ̰ܲܡܵܐ، ܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ܠܚܲܒ݂ܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܘܼܗܝ ܬܲܠܡܝܼ̈ܕܹܐ: «ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܐܘܼܦ ܐܲܚܢܲܢ ܕܡܵܝܬܲܚ ܥܲܡܹܗ.»‎‎
      higāh tʾomā, awa dpāyēš qiryā jammā, mīrēh lḥaḇrāwātuh talmīdē: “āzaḥ up aḥnan dmāytaḥ ʿammēh.”
      Therefore Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
  2. a male given name
  3. (astrology, astronomy, in the plural) Gemini (constellation and zodiac sign)

See also

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (layout · text)
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ‎ (imrā) ♈︎ ܬܵܘܪܵܐ‎ (tāwrā) ♉︎ ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tʾomē) ♊︎ ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ‎ (sarṭānā) ♋︎
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ‎ (aryā) ♌︎ ܒܬܘܼܠܬܵܐ‎ (btultā) ♍︎ ܡܲܬܩܵܠܵܐ‎ (matqālā) ♎︎ ܥܵܩܸܪܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ʿāqirḇā) ♏︎
ܩܸܫܬܵܐ‎ (qištā) ♐︎ ܓܲܕܝܵܐ‎ (gadyā) ♑︎ ܕܵܘܠܵܐ‎ (dāwlā) ♒︎ ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ‎ (nunē) ♓︎
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