ܡܝܠܛܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܡܝܠܛܐ

ܐܬܐ ܕܡܝܠܛܐ

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [miːleːtˤeː]

Proper noun

ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ • (mīlēṭē) f

1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)
   • Acts 28:1:

     ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܛܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܸܪܙܵܐ ܫܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ، ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ.

     īman d-mṭē lan l-birzā šlīmē, dīˤ lan d-aya gāzartā pāyšā wā qrīṯā mīlēṭē.

     Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.

Derived terms

• ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܝܵܐ (mīlēṭāyā, “Maltese”)
• ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (mīlēṭāˀīṯ, “Maltese language”)
• ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ (gāzartā d-mīlēṭē)
• ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ (quṭnāyūṯā d-mīlēṭē)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē), in turn from μέλι (méli, “honey”) and -η (-ē, “suffix forming female place names”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miletˤɑ]

Proper noun

ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐ • (milēṭā) f

A satellite image of Malta

1. Malta, a country and archipelago in Southern Europe, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea.
   • 1981, Peshitta New Testament, Acts 28.14:

     ܘܡܢ ܒܬܪܟܢ ܝܠܦܢ ܕܡܝܠܝܛܐ ܡܬܩܪܝܐ ܗܝ ܓܙܪܬܐ ܀

     Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.