ܐܫܘܪܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשּׁוּרָיָא (ăšūrāyā). By surface analysis, ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšōr, Assyria; Ashur) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending). Doublet of ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā) and ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āṯōrāyā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔɑːʃoːˈrɑːjɑː]

Adjective

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ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyā) (feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā), plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē))

  1. Assyrian (of, from, or pertaining to Assyria, the Assyrian culture or Assyrian people)

Noun

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ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyām (plural ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (āšōrāyē), feminine ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (āšōrāytā))

  1. Assyrian (A person from Assyria or of Assyrian descent)
  2. an inhabitant of the city of Ashur

Derived terms

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