ܐܦܪܝܩܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀφρική (Aphrikḗ), formed alongside Latin Āfrica.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɑːpriːqeː], [ʔɑːfriːqeː]
Proper noun
ܐܵܦܪܝܼܩܹܐ • (āprīqē) f
- Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
- (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)
Coordinate terms
| Seven Continents in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܝܲܒܝܼ̈ܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (šḇaˁ yabīšāṯā) (layout · text) | |||||||
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ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (garbē āmērīkā) | ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (tayman āmērīkā) | ܐܲܢܛܲܪܩܛܝܼܩܹܐ (anṭarqṭīqē) | ܐܵܦܪܝܼܩܹܐ (āprīqē) | ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܹܐ (ēwrōpē) | ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ (āsīyā) | ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼܵܐ (ēwqyānōsīyā) |
| English | North America | South America | Antarctica | Africa | Europe | Asia | Oceania |
Derived terms
- ܐܵܦܪܝܼܩܵܝܵܐ (āprīqāyā, “African”)
- ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܵܦܪܝܼܩܹܐ (tayman āprīqē, “South Africa”)