ܡܝܠܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [miːleːtˤeː]

Proper noun

ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ • (mīlēṭēf

  1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
  2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
    • Acts 28:1:
      ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܛܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܸܪܙܵܐ ܫܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ، ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ.
      īman d-mṭē lan l-birzā šlīmē, dīˤ lan d-aya gāzartā pāyšā wā qrīṯā mīlēṭē.
      Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.

Derived terms

  • ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܝܵܐ (mīlēṭāyā, Maltese)
  • ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (mīlēṭāˀīṯ, Maltese language)
  • ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ (gāzartā d-mīlēṭē)
  • ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ (quṭnāyūṯā d-mīlēṭē)