ܐܫܘܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשּׁוּרָיָא (ăšūrāyā). By surface analysis, ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšor, Assyria; Ashur) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending). Doublet of ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surāyā) and ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āṯorāyā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɑːʃoːrɑːjɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [ɑːʃʊ.rɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšorāyā) (feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšorāytā), plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšorāyē))

  1. Assyrian (of, from, or pertaining to Assyria, the Assyrian culture or Assyrian people)

Noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšorāyā) m (plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšorāyē), feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšorāytā))

  1. Assyrian (A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent)
  2. an inhabitant of the city of Ashur

Derived terms

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