ܬܝܡܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic תַּיְמְנָא (taymənā), derivative of יַמִּינָא (yammīnā, right side), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise. Doublet of ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tem.nɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [tajm.nɑː]

Noun

ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) m (uncountable)

  1. south (compass point, 180° directed toward the South Pole)

Inflection

Coordinate terms

  • (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬܹܐ (pinyātē širšānāyātē);
ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbay maʿrḇā) ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā) ܓܲܪܒܲܝ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (garbay madnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maʿrḇā) ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (madnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maʿrḇā) ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (tayman madnḥā)

Derived terms

  • ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܘܼܬܵܐ (garbyāyāutā, southernness)
  • ܦܵܘܚܵܐ ܕܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (pāwḥā dtaymnā, south wind)
  • ܩܘܼܛܒܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (quṭbā taymnāyā, south pole)
  • ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ (tayman madnḥā, south east)
  • ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maʿrḇā, south west)
  • ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐܝܼܬ (taymnāʾīt, southerly)
  • ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (taymnāyā, southern)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܝܡܝܢܐ (yammīnā(ʾ), right side), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tajm(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܬܝܡܢܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. south
  2. south wind

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  • tymn”, 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. 142a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 611a
  • 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. 1642a
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