ܓܢܬ ܚܝܘܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܦܝ̈ܠܐ ܓܘ ܓܢܬ ܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ

Etymology

Calque of English zoological garden.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɡan.naθ.‿xaj.wɑːθɑː]

Noun

ܓܲܢܲܬ݂ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ • (gannaṯ ḥaywāṯā) f sg (plural ܓܲܢܲܝ̈ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (gannay ḥaywāṯā))

1. zoo, zoological garden (park where live animals are exhibited)

   ܐܵܢܵܐ ܘܐܝܼܩܲܪܬ݂ܝܼ ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠ ܠܲܢ ܠܓܲܢܲܬ݂ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܕܚܵܙܹܝܚ ܙܵܪ̈ܝܼܦܹܐ ܘܦܝܼ̈ܠܹܐ.

   ānā w-īqarṯī zīl lan l-gannaṯ ḥaywāṯā qā d-ḥāzēḥ zārīpē w-pīlē.

   My family and I went to the zoo to see giraffes and elephants.

Related terms

• ܚܲܝܘܵܐ m (ḥaywā, “animal”)
• ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬ݂ܵܐ f (ḥawṯā, “animal”)
• ܚܲܝ݇ܘܬ݂ܵܢܵܝܵܐ (ḥawṯānāyā, “zoological”)
• ܡܡܲܠܠܘܼܬ݂ ܚܲܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mmallūṯ ḥaywāṯā, “zoology”)