ܥܝܪܐܩ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܥܝܼܪܵܩ (ˁīrāq), ܥܸܪܵܐܩ (ˁirrāq)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), see there for more.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ • (ˁīrāq) m or f
- Iraq (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East)
- ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܣܲܓܝܼܐܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܦܵܝܘܿܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
- garbyā dˁīrāq īlēh aykā dsagīˀūṯā d-āšōrāyē aṯrānāyē pāyōšē biˁmārā ìnā.
- The north of Iraq is where most of the remaining homeland Assyrians are living.
- (historical) Iraq (an expansive medieval region of Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq))
Usage notes
- This term can be grammatically masculine due to it being so in Arabic. However, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers usually treat this term as grammatically feminine, because most countries and cities are feminine.
Derived terms
- ܥܝܼܪܵܐܩܵܝܵܐ (ˁīrāqāyā, “Iraqi”)
- ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ (quṭnāyūṯā dˁīrāq, “Republic of Iraq”)
Classical Syriac
Picture dictionary
Etymology
From Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʕirɑq]
Proper noun
ܥܝܪܐܩ • (ʿīrāq)
- Iraq
- Synonyms: ܥܝܪܩ, ܥܪܐܩ
- Republic of Iraq
- Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܥܝܪܐܩ
Derived terms
- ܥܝܪܐܩܝܐ (“Iraqi”)
Further reading
ܥܝܪܐܩ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc