ܐܝܪ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אִיָּר (ʾiyyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum); compare also borrowed into Hebrew אִיָּר (iyár) and Arabic أَيَّار (ʔayyār).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔiːjaːr]
- (Barwari) IPA(key): [jaːr]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔiːjar]
Proper noun
ܐܝܼܵܪ • (īyār) m
- second month of the Assyrian calendar
- Iyar (eighth month of the Jewish calendar of twenty-nine days)
- May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar of thirty-one days)
- Synonym: ܡܵܝܘܿܣ (māyōs)
- a male given name
- a surname transferred from the given name
Coordinate terms
| Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgāḏā māwlāḏāyā) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (kānōn trayyānā) | ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ) | ܐܵܕ݂ܵܪ (āḏār) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār) | ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān) | ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmōz) | ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ) |
| September | October | November | December |
| ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlōl) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā) | ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā) |
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Aramaic אִיָּיר (ʾīyār), from Akkadian 𒌚𒄞 (Ayyārum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔiyɑr]
Noun
ܐܝܪ • (ʾīyār)
| Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b) | ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ) | ܐܕܪ (ʾādār) | ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār) | ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān) | ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz) | ܐܒ (ʾāb), ܐܘܓܘܣܛܘܣ |
| September | October | November | December |
| ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl) | ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ) | ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b) | ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ) |
Descendants
- Arabic: أيار (ʔayyār)
References
- “yr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ܐܕܪ on syriacdictionary.net
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 47
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 16
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 14
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 8
Further reading
ܐܝܪ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc