ܬܡܘܙ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic תַּמּוּז (tammūz), from Akkadian 𒌗𒋗 (^itiDuʾzu/Dūzu), from Sumerian 𒌉𒍣 (DUMU.ZID, “the true son”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [taːmoːz]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [taːmuz]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [taːmɪs]

Proper noun

ܬܵܡܘܿܙ • (tāmōz) m

1. The fourth month of the Assyrian calendar
2. July (seventh month of the Gregorian calendar of thirty-one days)
3. Tammuz (tenth month of the Jewish calendar of twenty-nine days)
4. Tammuz (Sumerian god of food and vegetation)

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgāḏā māwlāḏāyā) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (kānōn trayyānā)	ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ)	ܐܵܕ݂ܵܪ (āḏār)	ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār)	ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān)	ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmōz)	ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ)
September	October	November	December
ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlōl)	ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā)	ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā)	ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic תמוז, from Akkadian 𒌗𒋗 (^itiDuʾzu/Dūzu), from Sumerian 𒌉𒍣 (DUMU.ZID, “the true son”).

Noun

ܬܡܘܙ • (tāmūz)

1. July

   Synonym: ܝܘܠܝܘܣ

2. Tammuz, the 4th month of the Hebrew Calendar
3. Dumuzi, Tammuz, a Sumerian god of food and vegetation.

Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b)	ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ)	ܐܕܪ (ʾādār)	ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār)	ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān)	ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz)	ܐܒ (ʾāb), ܐܘܓܘܣܛܘܣ
September	October	November	December
ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b)	ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ)

References

• “tmwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1676
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 827
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 615

Further reading

ܬܡܘܙ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc