ܨܦܢܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (tzfanyá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sˤpan.ja]

Proper noun

ܨܦܲܢܝܵܐ • (ṣpānya) m

1. (biblical) Zephaniah: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
   • Zephaniah 1:1

     ܚܲܒܪܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܕܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܥܲܠ ܨܦܲܢܝܵܐ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܟܘܿܫܝܼ، ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܓܕܲܠܝܵܐ، ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܲܪܝܵܐ، ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܚܹܙܲܩܝܵܐ، ܒܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܘܿܫܝܼܵܐ ܕܐܲܡܘܿܢ، ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܕܝܼܗܘܼܕܵܐ.

     ḥabrā dmāryā dwē lēh ˁal ṣpanyā brōnā dkōšī, brōnā dgdalyā, brōnā d-ammaryā, brōnā dḥēzaqyā, byāwmānē dyōšīyā d-amōn, malkā dīhūdā.

     The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

2. a male given name from Hebrew

References

• “ܨܦܢܝܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)
• ܣܸܦܪܵܐ ܕܨܦܲܢܝܵܐ (Urmian Dialect, Old Spelling)