ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Possible learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, Literally, way of the chaff; compare also in Arabic دَرْب اَلتَّبَّانَة (darb at-tabbāna, literally way of the haymakers).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʃəwiːl‿tɪw.nɑː]

Proper noun

ܫܒ݂ܝܼܠ ܬܸܒ݂ܢܵܐ • (šḇīl tiḇnām

  1. (astronomy) Milky Way
    Synonym: ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ ܕܓܲܢܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (urḥā dgannāḇē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܫܒܝܠ (šəḇīl, way of), construct state of ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəḇīlā, way) + ܬܒܢܐ (teḇnā, chaff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vil tɛvnɑ]

Proper noun

ܫܒܝܠ ܬܒܢܐ • (transliteration neededm

  1. (astronomy) Milky Way

References

  • šbyl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 357b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 556b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 1503a