ܩܘܦܪܘܣ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ
ܐܵܬܵܐ ܕܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [quːprus.]

Proper noun

ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ (quprus) f

  1. Cyprus: An island between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea
    1. 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.
  • ܩܸܘܦܪܵܝܵܐ (qupraya, Cypriot)
  • ܓܲܪܒܵܝ ܩܸܘܦܪܘܿܣ (gārbay quprus, Northern Cyprus)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qofˈros]

Noun

ܩܘܦܪܘܣ (qōp̄rōs) m (plural ܩܘܦܪܘ)

  1. dung

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qufˈros]

Noun

ܩܘܦܪܘܣ (qūp̄rōs) m (plural ܩܘܦܪܘ)

  1. (botany) cypress flowers; henna plant

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros).

Alternative forms

  • ܩܘܦܪܣ (Qwprs)
  • ܩܦܪܣ (Qprs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qufˈros]

Proper noun

ܩܘܦܪܘܣ (Qūp̄rōs) f

  1. Cyprus

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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