ܝܪܚܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic יַרחָא (yarḥā), from Proto-Semitic *warḫ-; compare Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yaréakh, moon).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [jar.ħɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [jar.xɑː]

Noun

ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (yarḵā) m sg (plural ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ (yarḵē))

  1. month (A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.)
    ܟܠ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܢܝܼܣܵܢ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ
    kul šētā nīsān yarḵā brīḵā ìlēh.
    Every year April is a blessed month.
    ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܒܚܙܘܼܩܝܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܬܠܵܬܵܐ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ.
    bit āzaḵ b-ḵzuqyā qā tlātā yarḵē.
    We're going on a trip for three months.
    • Luke 1:36:
      ܘܗܵܐ ܐܘܼܦ ܐܹܠܝܼܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܚܸܙܡܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܣܲܝܒܘܼܬܵܐ، ܘܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܗ̇ܝ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬܵܐ ܥܩܲܪܬܵܐ.
      w-hā up ēlišḇaʿ ḥizmāḵ bṭintā ìlāh bronā bsaybutā, w-ʾāhā yarḥā d-ʾištā ìlēh l-ay dkē pāyšā qrītā ʿqartā.
      Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

Inflection

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)

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *warḫ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jarħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [jarħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܝܪܚܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܚܐ)

  1. month

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܝܪܚܘܢܐ
  • ܝܪܚܘܬܐ
  • ܝܪܚܢܐܝܬ
  • ܝܪܚܢܝܐ
  • ܪܝܫ ܝܪܚܐ

References

  • yrḥ”, 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. 145a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a-b
  • 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. 584a

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܝܪܚܐ (yarḥā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (singular) /jarħo/
  • IPA(key): (plural) /jarħe/

Noun

ܝܰܪܚܳܐ (yarḥo) m (plural ܝܰܪܚܶܐ (yarḥe))

  1. month

See also

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