ܥܝܪܩ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܥܝܼܪܲܩ
ܐܵܬܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܲܩ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق‎ (al-ʕirāq), from عَرِيق‎ (ʕarīq, “deep-rooted”), from عِرْق‎ (ʕirq, “root”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʔīːræq]

Proper noun

ܥܝܼܪܲܩ • (ʿīrāq) f or m

  1. Iraq (a country in Middle East, Asia; official name: Republic of Iraq (since 1958)).
  2. (historical) An expansive historical region of medieval Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).
  • ܥܝܼܪܲܩܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (ʿīrāqnaya, “Iraqi”)
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