ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܒܹܝܬ (bēt, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܹܝܢ (nāhreyn, “two rivers”) (the dual form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ (nāhra, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [betˈnah.reːn]
• IPA^(key): [betˈnah.riːn]
• IPA^(key): [beθˈnah.rajn]

Proper noun

ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܹܝܢ • (bēt nāhreyn) f

1. Mesopotamia: A historical region in the Middle East situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

Synonyms

• ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (nāhraya, “Mesopotamia”)

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܒܹܝܬܢܲܗܪܲܝܢ (Bêṯnahrayn)

Etymology

From ܒܹܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܲܝܢ (nahrayn, “two rivers”) (the dual form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ (nahrā, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [be̝θˈnah.rajn]

Proper noun

ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ • (Bêṯ Nahrayn) f

1. Mesopotamia (literally "[the land] between two rivers")

Synonyms

• ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Bêṯ Nahrawwāṯā)
• ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (Meṣʿaṯ Nahrawwāṯā)

References

• “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-19
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 404b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
• 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. 142a