ܐܘܪܫܠܡ

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• אורשלם (’Ūrišlem)
• 𐡀𐡅𐡓𐡔𐡋𐡌 (ʾwršlm /⁠’Ūrišlem⁠/)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔurɪʃlɛm/

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܫܠܡ • (’ūrišlem)

1. Jerusalem

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אוּרְשׁלֶם (ʿūrišlem), see Jerusalem for more.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [oːrɪʃ.ləm.]

Proper noun

ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ • (orišlim) f

1. Jerusalem (a city holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine).

Derived terms

• ܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܡܵܝܵܐ (ōrišlmāyā, “Jerusalemite”)

See also

• ܡܕܝܼܢܲܬ ܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ (mdīnat qudšā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܝܪܘܫܠܝܡ

Etymology

From Aramaic אורשלם [1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔor(e)ʃlɛm]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔoreʃlim]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔurɪʃlem]

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܫܠܡ • (ʾō(e)ršlem)

1. Jerusalem

Derived terms

• ܐܘܪܫܠܡܝܐ (“Jerusalemite”)
• ܐܘܪܫܠܡܝ (“Jerusalemite”)

References

• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D.‎^[2], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 8
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 46
• Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 15

Sogdian

Alternative forms

• ܐܘܪܝܫܠܡ (Urišlīm, Urišlēm)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (ʾŪrišlēm).

Proper noun

ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (Uršlīm, Uršlēm)

1. Jerusalem

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾwršlm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 77a