ܐܫܘܪ

• ܐܵܬܘܿܪ‎ (ātor)

Modern Learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשׁוּר‎ (ˀăšūr), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Ashur”) the original capital named after the chief deity of that city. Doublet of ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ‎ (āṯor, “Assyria”).

• IPA^(key): [aːʃʊr]

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšor) f

1. Assyria: A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation-state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present-day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.
2. Assur: An ancient city on the western bank of the Tigris River, originally ruled by its tutelary deity from which the natives took their name, as did the entire nation of Assyria.

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšor) m

1. Ashur: A common given name among Assyrian people
2. the head of the Assyrian pantheon, later identified with Anshar
3. (biblical) a grandson of Noah in Genesis

• ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (āšoraya, “Assyrian”)

• ܐܵܬܘܿܪ‎ (ātor, “Assyria”)
• ܐܵܬܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ‎ (ātoraya, “Assyrian”)