ܕܪܡܣܘܩ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic דַּרְמֶשֶׂק (darmeśeq). Compare Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק (dammeśeq), Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [darm.sʊq]

Proper noun

ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩ • (darmsōq) m

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

Classical Syriac

ܚܙܐܝܠ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܪܡ ܕܪܡܣܘܩ

Etymology

From Aramaic דַּרְמֶשֶׂק (darmeśeq) [1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [darmsuq], [darmsoq]

Proper noun

ܕܪܡܣܘܩ • (dar(ə)msūq/darmsoq)

1. Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)

   Synonym: ܕܡܣܩܘܣ (damasqōs)

Derived terms

• ܕܪܡܣܘܩܝܐ (“Damascene”)

Descendants

• → Arabic: دِمَشْق (dimašq)

References

• ܕܪܡܣܘܩ on syriacdictionary.net
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 22b
• Audo, Toma (1897), ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 216