ܡܨܪܝܢ

Inherited from Aramaic מֵצרֵין (miṣrēn), from a common Semitic source, compare Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim), Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣriʾi), Arabic مِصْر (miṣr) and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm). The dual form, perhaps related to the ancient conceptualization of Egypt as two realms: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪsˤ.reːn]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪsˤrɪn]

ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ • (miṣrēn) f

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. (historical) a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean

• ܡܸܨܪܵܝܵܐ (miṣrāyā, “Egyptian”)
• ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ (miṣrēn ˁatīqtā, “Ancient Egypt”)
• ܟܬ݂ܵܝܲܬ݂ ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ (kṯāyaṯ miṣrēn, “turkey”, literally “hen of Egypt”)

ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ • (miṣrēn) m

1. (biblical) Mizraim (son of Ham and grandson of Noah)
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 10:6:

     ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܵܡ: ܟܘܼܫ، ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ، ܦܘܿܛ، ܘܟܢܲܥܢ.

     bnōnē d-ḥām: kūš, miṣrēn, pōṭ, w-knaˁn.

     The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

From a common Semitic source, compare Akkadian 𒈪𒄑𒊑𒄿 (miṣriʾi), Arabic مصر (misr) Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mīṣrayīm), and Ugaritic 𐎎𐎕𐎗𐎎 (mṣrm).

• IPA^(key): [mɛsˤrɛ(i)n]

ܡܨܪܝܢ • (meṣren) m

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

   Synonyms: ܒܝܬ ܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ, ܡܨܪܝܡ

2. Arab Republic of Egypt

   Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܪܒܝܬܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ

• ܡܨܪܝܐ (“Egyptian”)
• ܡܨܪܐܝܬ (“Egyptian language”)

• ܩܘܦܛܝܐ (“Coptic”)
• ܐܓܒܛܝܐ (“Egyptian”)
• ܐܓܘܒܛܝܐ (“Egyptian”)

• Malayalam: മെസ്രേൻ (mesrēṉ)

• ܡܨܪ̈ܝܢ on syriacdictionary.net
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 295
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 569