ܡܥܪܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maġrib) and غَرْب (ġarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maʕr(ə)vɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c(uncountable)

1. west, occident
2. sunset, western sky
3. west wind

Antonyms

• ܡܕܢܚܐ

References

• “mˁrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 263b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 804b

Anagrams

• ܡܪܒܥܐ
• ܡܥܒܪܐ