ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔustɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔustɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܣܬܢܐ • (ʾustānā) m (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))

  1. court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
  2. (reconstructed) province, crownland

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܣܬܢܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܐܘܣܬܢ 1st person ܐܘܣܬܢܝ ܐܘܣܬܢܢ
construct ܐܘܣܬܢ 2nd person ܐܘܣܬܢܟ ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝ ܐܘܣܬܢܟܘܢ ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܣܬܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܣܬܢܗ ܐܘܣܬܢܗ ܐܘܣܬܢܗܘܢ ܐܘܣܬܢܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ 1st person ܐܘܣܬܢܝ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ
construct ܐܘܣܬܢܝ 2nd person ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܘܢ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܐܘܣܬܢܐ 3rd person ܐܘܣܬܢܘܗܝ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܘܢ ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܝܢ
  • ܐܘܣܬܢܕܪܐ, ܐܘܣܬܐܢܕܐܪܐ (ʾustāndārā, “provincial governor”)

References

  • “ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a
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