ܝܘܢ

From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn) and Ἰωνία (Iōnía); compare Hebrew יָוָן‎ (yaván) and Arabic الْيُونَان‎ (al-yūnān).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [jɑːwɑnː]

ܝܵܘܵܢ • (yāwān) f

1. Greece (A country in southeastern Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic)
   • Acts 20:2:

     ‏ܚܕܝܼܪܹܗ ܒܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ، ܘܝܘܼܗ݇ܒܹܠ ܠܹܗ ܠܸܒܵܐ ܠܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܪܵܒܵܐ ܘܐ݇ܬܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܠܝܵܘܵܢ.‎‎

     Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece.

   • Daniel 8:21:

     ‏ܬܲܝܫܵܐ ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܝܵܘܵܢ ܝܼܠܹܗ. ܩܲܪ݇ܢܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܕܒܹܝܠ ܥܲܝ̈ܢܘܼܗܝ، ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ.‎‎

     tayšā malkutā d-yāwān īlēh. qanā gurtā d-bēl ʿaynuh, awa ìlēh malkā qamāyā.

     And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king.

• ܝܵܘܢܵܝܵܐ‎ (yāwnāyā, “Greek”)
• ܝܵܘܢܵܐܝܼܬ݂‎ (yāwnāʾīṯ, “Greek language”)

ܝܵܘܵܢ • (yāwān) m

1. (biblical) Javan, the fourth son of Japheth
   • Genesis 10:2:

     ‏ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܲܦ̮ܬ: ܓܵܡܵܪ، ܘܡܵܓܘܿܓ، ܘܡܵܕܲܝ، ܘܝܵܘܵܢ، ܘܬܘܼܒܵܠ، ܘܡܵܫܵܟ، ܘܬܝܼܪܵܣ.‎‎

     bnonē d-yaft: gāmār, w-māgog, w-māday, wyāwān, w-tubāl, w-māšāk, w-tīrās.

     The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Likely from a variant form of the verb ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē, “to be”) forming unattested *ܝܲܗܘܹܝܢ‎ (*yahwēn) or a corruption of ܗܵܘܹܝܢ‎ (hāwēn), both theoretically being contractions of *ܝܲܗܘܹܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ‎ (*yahwē nā) or *ܗܵܘܹܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ‎ (*hāwē nā) respectively.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːwɪn.]

ܝܼܘܸܢ • (īwen) m

1. first-person singular masculine present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē): I am

Likely from a variant form of the verb ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē, “to be”) forming unattested *ܝܲܗܘܵܢ‎ (*yahwān) or a corruption of ܗܵܘܝܵܢ‎ (hāwyān), both theoretically being contractions of *ܝܲܗܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ‎ (*yahwā nā) or *ܗܵܘܝܵܐ ܐ݇ܢܵܐ‎ (*hāwyā nā) respectively.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːwɑnː]

ܝܼܘܵܢ • (īwān) m

1. first-person singular feminine present indicative of ܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (hāwē): I am

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía).

• IPA^(key): [yawɑn]

ܝܘܢ • (yawān) m

1. (biblical) Javan
2. Greece

   Synonyms: ܒܝܬ ܝܘܢܝ̈ܐ‎, ܗܠܣ‎

3. Hellenic Republic

   Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܝܘܢܝܬܐ‎

• ܝܘܢܝܐ‎ (“Greek”)
  • ܝܘܢܐܝܬ‎ (“in Greek”)

• ܐܢܛܘܠܝܐ‎ (“Anatolia”)
• ܒܘܙܢܛܝܘܢ‎ (“Byzantium”)
• ܐܬܢܘܣ‎ (“Athens”)
• ܐܣܦܪܛܝܐ‎ (“Spartan”)
• ܠܐܩܘܢܝܩܐ‎ (“Laconian”)

• ܝܘܢ on syriacdictionary.net
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000), Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 419
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 190
• 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 570
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press

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