ܫܒܛ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic שְׁבָט‎ (šəḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat (i.e. the start of harvest season)”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʃwaːtˤ]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔɪʃwatˤ]

Proper noun

ܫܒ݂ܵܛ • (šḇāṭ) m

  1. The eleventh month of the Assyrian calendar.
  2. Shevat (fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), following Tevet and preceding Adar)
  3. February (second month of the Gregorian calendar (of twenty-eight days or twenty-nine days on a leap year), following January and preceding March)

Synonyms
  • (February): ܦܸܒܪܘܵܪܝܘܿܣ‎ (pibrwāryos)

See also
Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܝܵܐ‎ (yarḥē d-surgādā māwlādāyā) (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (kānon ḥārāyā) ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ) ܐܵܕܵܪ‎ (ādār) ܢܝܼܣܵܢ‎ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܼܵܪ‎ (īyār) ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ‎ (ḥzīrān) ܬܵܡܘܿܙ‎ (tāmoz) ܐܵܒ‎ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ‎ (ṭabbāḥ)
September October November December
ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ‎ (īlol) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (tišrin qamāyā) ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (tišrin ḥārāyā) ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ‎ (kānon qamāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic שְׁבָט‎ (ʾ šḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑtˤ]

Noun

ܫܒܛ • (šḇāṭ)

  1. February
  2. Shevat
Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ‎ (layout · text)
January February March April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ‎ (kānūn b) ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ) ܐܕܪ‎ (ʾādār) ܢܝܣܢ‎ (nīsān)
May June July August
ܐܝܪ‎ (ʾayyār) ܚܙܝܪܢ‎ (ḥzīrān) ܬܡܘܙ‎ (tammūz) ܐܒ‎ (ʾāb)
September October November December
ܐܝܠܘܠ‎ (ʾīlūl) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ‎ (tešrīn ʾ) ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ‎ (tešrīn b) ܟܢܘܢ ܐ‎ (kānūn ʾ)

Descendants
  • Arabic: شباط‎ (šubāṭ)

References
  • “šb+”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ܫܒܛ on syriacdictionary.net
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1513
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 752
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 556
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 357

Further reading

ܫܒܛ‎ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc

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