ܢܒܘܟܕܢܨܪ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, “Nabu protect my boundary/heir”)

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [nɑːwu.xad.nɑːsˤar.]

Proper noun

ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ • (nāḇuḵadnāṣar) m

1. (biblical) Nebuchadnezzar (A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E.)
   • Daniel 1:1:

     ܒܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܬܠܝܼܬܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܟܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܝܘܿܝܵܩܝܼܡ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܕܝܼܗܘܼܕܵܐ، ܐ݇ܬܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܕܒܵܒ݂ܹܠ ܠܐܘܿܪܸܫܠܸܡ ܘܚܘܼܕܪܝܼܵܗ̇ ܠܹܗ.

     b-šētā tlītāytā d-malkutā d-yoyāqīm malkā d-īhudā, tīlēh nāḇuḵadnāṣar malkā d-bāḇēl l-orišlim, w-ḥudrīyāh lēh.

     In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

   • Daniel 4:1:

     ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ ܡܲܠܟܵܐ: ܟܬܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܛܵܝܸܦܹ̈ܐ، ܘܐܸܡܘܵܬܹ̈ܐ، ܘܠܸܫܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܥܵܡܪܝܼ ܒܠܵܗ̇ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ، ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܙܵܝܹܕ ܐܸܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ.

     nāḇuḵadnāṣar malkā: ktīḇā ìlēh l-kulāyh ṭāyippē, w-imwātē, w-lišānē d-ʿāmrī b-kulāh arʿā: šlāmā zāyēd illoḵon.

     Nebuchadnezzar the king: to all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: peace be multiplied to you.

2. a male given name from Akkadian, equivalent to English Nebuchadnezzar