ܡܨܪܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܨܪܝܢ

ܐܬܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈmisˤ.renː]

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

• ܡܸܨܪܵܝܵܐ (miṣrāyā, “Egyptian”)
• ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ (miṣrēn ˁatīqtā, “Ancient Egypt”)
• ܟܬܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ (ktāytā d-miṣrēn, “turkey”, literally “hen of Egypt”)

Proper noun

ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ • (miṣrēn) m

1. (biblical) Mizraim (son of Ham and grandson of Noah)
   • 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.

Classical Syriac

ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܥܪܒܝܬܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛsˤrɛ(i)n]

Noun

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

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

References

• 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