ܐܣܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Root
ܐ ܣ ܐ (ˀ s ˀ)
5 terms

Etymology 1[edit]

From Aramaic אָסְיָא (ʾāsyā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/, physician, healer), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, physician, healer); also borrowed into Arabic آسٍ (ʔāsin).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑsːjɑː]

Noun[edit]

ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (āsyām sg (plural ܐܵܣܝܹ̈ܐ (āsyē) or ܐܵܣܵܘܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ (āsāwāṯē), feminine ܐܵܣܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (āsīṯā))

  1. medical doctor, physician, healer (one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured)
    ܩܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܝܵܐܹܐ ܕܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܬ ܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܠܹܗ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܗܸܫ ܠܹܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܪܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ ܨܦܵܝܝܼ.
    qāwmā d-yāˀē d-āzēt ḥāzēt lēh āsyā in hiš lē ìwet birḡāšā ṣpāyī.
    Maybe you should see the doctor if you still feel unwell.
    • Luke 5:31:
      ܦܘܼܢܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪܹܗ ܐܸܠܵܝܗܝ، «ܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܝܼܢܵܐ ܒܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܐ ܠܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܣܢܝܼܩܹܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܵܣܝܵܐ، ܐܸܠܵܐ ܐܵܢܝܼ ܕܚܸܪܒܵܐ ܡܪ̈ܝܼܥܹܐ ܝܢܵܐ».
      pūnē lēh īšōˁ w-mīrēh illāyh, “ānī d-īnā b-ḥulmānā lē ìnā snīqē ˁal āsyā, illā ānī d-ḥirbā mrīˁē ìnā”.
      Jesus answered them, “It's not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”
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Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔɑsˈːiːjɑ]

Proper noun[edit]

ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ (āsīyāf

  1. Asia (a continent located east of Europe, west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean)
    ܐܝܼܬ ܐܲܪܒܥܝܼܢ ܘܬܡܵܢܝܵܐ ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܐܸܕܝܘܿܡ.īt arbˁīn w-tmānyā atrāwātē gāw āsīyā idyōm.There are forty-eight countries in Asia today.
    ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܝܲܒܝܼܫܬܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܪܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܐܲܪܥܵܐ.āsīyā ìlāh yabīštā yatīr rabṯā ˁal arˁā.Asia is the earth’s largest continent.
  2. (historical) Anatolia, Asia Minor (province of the Roman Empire located in what is now western Turkey)
    • Acts 19:10:
      ܐܵܗܵܐ ܓܪܝܼܫ ܠܵܗ̇ ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ، ܘܗܵܕܟ݂ܵܐ ܟܠܵܝܗܝ ܝܗܘܼܕܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܘܝܵܘܢܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܕܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܓܵܘ ܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ ܫܡܝܼܥ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ ܕܡܵܪܝܵܐ.
      āhā grīš lāh tartēn šinnē, w-hādḵā kullāyh hūdāyē w-yāwnāyē d-biˁmārā ìwā gāw uḥdānā d-āsīyā šmīˁ lhōn hēmizmān d-māryā.
      And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greks
  3. (Greek God) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.
  4. (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Seven Continents in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܫܲܒ݂ܥܵܐ ܝܲܒܝܼܫܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šaḇˁā yabīšātē) (layout · text)
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ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (garbē āmērīkā) ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (tayman āmērīkā) ܐܲܢܛܵܪܛܝܼܩܵܐ (anṭārṭīqā) ܐܲܦܪܝܼܩܵܐ (aprīqā) ܐܹܘܪܘܿܦܹܐ (ēwrōpē) ܐܵܣܝܼܵܐ (āsīyā) ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܝܼܵܐ (ēwqyānōsīyā)
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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/, physician, healer), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, physician, healer).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔɑs.jɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ˈʔos.jo]

Noun[edit]

ܐܣܝܐ (ʾāsyām (plural ܐܣܘܬܐ (ʾāswāṯā), singular feminine counterpart ܐܣܝܬܐ (ʾāsīṯā))

  1. healer, physician, medical doctor
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
  • ܐܣܝ (ʾassī, to heal)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ἀσία (Asía).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔɑˈsi.jɑ]

Proper noun[edit]

ܐܣܝܐ (ʾāsīyāf

  1. Anatolia, Asia Minor
  2. (by extension) Asia

References[edit]

  • ˀsy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-25
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 14a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 75a-b