ܒܥܫܝܩܐ
Appearance
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction of ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ) + ܥܲܫܝܼܩܹܐ (ˁašīqē), literally “house of lovers”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ܒܵܥܫܝܼܩܹܐ • (bāˁšīqē) f
- Bashiqa (a town in northern Iraq, located in the Nineveh Plains)
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: بَعْشِيقَة (baʕšīqa)
- → Northern Kurdish: بەعشیقە (be'şîqe)