ܓܠܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܐ (ɡ-l-ʾ) related to revealing.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡil.jɑːnɑ]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [d͡ʒil.jɑːnɑ]

Noun

ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana) m sg (plural ܓܸܠܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ)

  1. revelation: the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence.
  2. appearance: the way that someone or something looks.
  3. apparition: a ghost or ghostlike image of a person.
  4. manifestation
  5. apocalypse: an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.
  6. (Christianity) The Transfiguration: An annual feast, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.
Declension

Etymology 2

Calque of Ancient Greek Αποκάλυψις (Apokálupsis, Revelation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡil.jɑːnɑ]

Proper noun

ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ (gilyana)

  1. (biblical) Revelation: the final book of the New Testament of the Bible.
    • Revelation 1:1
      ܓܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ، ܗ̇ܘ ܕܩܵܡ ܝܵܗ݇ܒܹܠ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܠܡܲܕܘܼܥܹܐ ܠܥܲܒ݂ܕܘܼ̈ܗ‌ܝ ܡܸܢܕܝܼܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܘܵܠܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܝܼ ܒܓ̰ܲܠܕܘܼܬܵ‌ܐ، ܘܡܘܼܕܸܥ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܟܲܕ ܫܘܼܕܸܪܹܗ ܡܲܠܲܐܟ݂ܹܗ ܠܟܸܣ ܥܲܒ݂ܕܹܗ ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ،
      gilyānā d-īšoʿ mšīḥā, aw dqām yābēl lēh allāhā lmaduʿē lʿaḇduh‌y mindīyānē dwālē ìnā dhāwī bjaldutā‌ā, w-mudiʿ lēh āhā kad šudirrēh mallaʾḵēh lkis ʿaḇdēh yoḥannān,
      The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants - things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܓ-ܠ-ܐ (ɡ-l-ʾ) related to revealing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛljɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡɛljɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܠܝܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܠܝܢܐ)

  1. revelation
  2. appearance, apparition, manifestation
  3. Apocalypse

Inflection

References

  • glyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 48a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 71a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 237b
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