ܐܚܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܐ ܚ ܐ (ˀ ḥ ˀ)
4 terms

Etymology

From Aramaic אֲחְיָנָא (ˀăḥyānā), derived from אֲחָא (ʾăḥā, brother).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xəjɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܐ݇ܚܝܵܢܵܐ • (ḥyānā) m sg (plural ܐ݇ܚܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥyānē), feminine ܐ݇ܚܝܵܢܬܵܐ (ḥyāntā))

  1. (formal) relative, kinsman, kin
    Synonyms: ܚܸܙܡܵܐ (ḥizmā), ܩܲܪܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (qarīḇā)

Inflection

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Related to ܐܚܐ (ʾaḥḥā(ʾ), brother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔəħjɑnɑʔ/, [ħjɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): /ʔəħjɑneʔ/, [ħjɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܚܝܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܐܚܝܢܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܐܚܝܢܬܐ)

  1. relative, kinsman, kin

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • ˀḥyn”, 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. 5b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 28a
  • 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. 11a
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