ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ

Western Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܩܡܣܬ̤ܐ (ḳamesča)

Etymology

From Aramaic ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ (qamīṣtā), from Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion),[1] from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Turoyo ܩܡܶܣܬܐ (qmesto) and Arabic قَمِيص (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation

  • (Bakh'a) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡sa/
  • (Maaloula) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡ʃa/
  • (Jubb'adin) IPA(key): /kamesˤt͡ʃa/

Noun

ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣča) f

  1. shirt

References

  1. ^ Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)
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