ܩܘܦܪܘܣ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ

ܐܵܬܵܐ ܕܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [quːprus.]
Proper noun
ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ • (quprus) f
- Cyprus: An island between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea
- since 1960 the place of an independent country in the Middle East and Southeastern Europe, governed by the Republic of Cyprus, of the European Union since 2004, however not exerting state power over Northern Cyprus since 1974, after which in 1983 the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was proclaimed.
Related terms
- ܩܸܘܦܪܵܝܵܐ (qupraya, “Cypriot”)
- ܓܲܪܒܵܝ ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ (gārbay quprus, “Northern Cyprus”)
Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qofˈros]
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qufˈros]
Etymology 3
From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).
Alternative forms
- ܩܘܦܪܣ (Qwprs)
- ܩܦܪܣ (Qprs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [qufˈros]
References
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 418a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 497b
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