ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯnahrawwāṯā)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) (contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)) + ܢܗܪܝܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܗܪܐ (nahrā)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates, Literally, “between the rivers”, although the term encompasses land around the rivers as well.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [beːt.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]

Proper noun

ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ • (bēt nahrīn) f

1. Mesopotamia

See also

• ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (nahrāyā, “Mesopotamian”)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ (Bêṯnahrīn)

Etymology

From ܒܹܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ (nahrā, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be̝θˈnah.rin]

Proper noun

ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ • (Bêṯ Nahrīn) f

1. Mesopotamia (literally "[the land] between two rivers")
2. Diyar Rabi'a

Synonyms

• ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ (ʾārām nahrayn)
• ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ (beṯ ʾārāmāye)
• ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Bêṯ Nahrawwāṯā)
• ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Meṣʿaṯ Nahrawwāṯā)

References

• “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 404b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
• 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, p. 142a