ܗܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Turoyo ܗܢܳܐ (thingamabob), possibly related to Classical Syriac ܗܢܐ (this, hānā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [hɪn.naː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [hɪn.naː], [ʔɪn.naː]

Noun

ܗܸܢܵܐ (hinnā) m (uncountable)

  1. (informal) thingamajig, thingamabob, thingy; something that one does not know or has forgotten the name of.
    ܡܘܼܦܠܸܚ ܠܹܗ ܗ̇ܘ، ܗ̇ܘ... ܗܸܢܵܐ ܕܚܙܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܥܲܡܹܗ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ ܐ݇ܚܹܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܕܬܲܩܸܢ ܠܵܗ̇ ܥܲܣܩܘܼܬܵܐ.
    mupliḥ lēh aw, aw... hinnā d-ḥzē luḵ ʿammēh b-yāwmā ḥēnā d-taqqin lāh ʿasqutā.
    He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.

Usage notes

Used as a filler word similar to ܝܲܥܢܹܐ (yaʿnē).

See also

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܗܢ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɑnɑʔ]

Adjective

ܗܢܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܕܐ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

  1. (demonstrative) this

Usage notes

  • As an attributive adjective, ܗܢܐ can come either before or after the noun it describes without any change in meaning.

Pronoun

ܗܢܐ (transliteration needed) m sg (plural ܗܠܝܢ, singular feminine counterpart ܗܕܐ, plural feminine counterpart ܗܠܝܢ)

  1. (demonstrative) this thing, this one

References

  • hnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1895) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), Berlin, Edinburgh: Reuther & Reichard, T. & T. Clark
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press

Turoyo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hano/

Pronoun

ܗܰܢܳܐ (hano) m (feminine ܗܰܬ݂ܶܐ (haṯe), plural ܗܰܢܝ (hani))

  1. this
    Synonym: (enclitic form) ـܰܢܐ (ano)
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