ܒܢܝܡܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܝ ܡ ܢ (y m n)
7 terms

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyāmīn, literally “son of the right hand”) meaning son of good fortune. Compare the native ܒܲܪ ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (bar yamīnā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bɪn.jɑːmeːn]

Proper noun

ܒܸܢܝܵܡܹܝܢ • (binyāmēn) m

1. (biblical) Benjamin (the youngest of the sons of Jacob and Rachel in the Bible)
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Genesis 35:18:

     ܗ݇ܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܟܲܕ݂ ܒܸܦܠܵܛܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܗ̇ (ܡܸܛܠ ܡܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇)، ܩܪܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܫܸܡܵܐ ܕܐܸܒܪܹܗ ܒܸܢ ܐܘܿܢܝܼ؛ ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܐܲܒ݂ܘܼܗܝ ܩܪܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܫܸܡܹܗ ܒܸܢܝܵܡܹܝܢ

     wē lāh kaḏ biplāṭā ìwā nafšāh (miṭṭul mīṯ lāh), qrē lāh šimmā d-ibrēh bin ōnī; īnā aḇūh qrē lēh šimmēh binyāmēn

     And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.

2. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Benjamin
3. a surname transferred from the given name

Derived terms

• ܒܸܢܘܿ (binō) (diminutive, nickname)
• ܢܘܿܢܘܿ (nōnō) (diminutive, nickname)