آشور
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- آشُّور (ʔāššūr)
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]آشُور • (ʔāšūr) m
- (biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis)
- the Assyrian nation, his descendants
- (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
Declension
[edit]singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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indefinite | definite | construct | |
informal | — | آشُور ʔāšūr |
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nominative | — | آشُورُ ʔāšūru |
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accusative | — | آشُورَ ʔāšūra |
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genitive | — | آشُورَ ʔāšūra |
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Derived terms
[edit]- آشُورِيّ (ʔāšūriyy)
- آشُورِيَّة (ʔāšūriyya)
Persian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔaː.ˈʃuːɾ/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒː.ʃúːɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔ.ʃúɾ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āšūr |
Dari reading? | āšūr |
Iranian reading? | âšur |
Tajik reading? | ošur |
Proper noun
[edit]Dari | آشور |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Ошур |
آشور • (âšur)
- (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
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- fa:Places in Israel
- fa:Places in Palestine
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- fa:Ancient Near East
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