ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔustɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔustɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܣܬܢܐ • (ʾustānā) m (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))

1. court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
2. * province, crownland

Inflection

    inflection of ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܐܘܣܬܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ
construct	ܐܘܣܬܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ
emphatic	ܐܘܣܬܢܐ	ܐܘܣܬܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܐܘܣܬܢܟ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܐܘܣܬܢܗ	ܐܘܣܬܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܐܘܣܬܢܗ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܐܘܣܬܢܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܐܘܣܬܢܗܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܐܘܣܬܢܗܝܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Related terms

• ܐܘܣܬܢܕܪܐ, ܐܘܣܬܐܢܕܐܪܐ (ʾustāndārā, “provincial governor”)

References

• “ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a