ܛܗܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܛ ܗ ܪ (ṭ h r)
1 term

Etymology

From Aramaic טַהְרָא (ṭahrā); compare Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr) and Hebrew צָהֳרַיִם (tsahoráyim).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [tˤah.rɑː]
  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [tˤaːrɑː]

Noun

ܛܲܗܪܵܐ • (ṭahrā) m sg (plural ܛܲܗܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܹܐ (ṭahrāwātē) or ܛܲܗܪܹ̈ܐ (ṭahrē))

  1. midday, noon, the middle part of the day
    Synonym: ܦܲܠܓܵܐ ܕܝܘܿܡ (palgā dyōm)
    ܛܲܗܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܢܵܬܵܐ ܝܲܬܝܼܪ ܚܲܡܝܼܡܵܐ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ.
    ṭahrā ìlēh mnātā yatīr ḥamīmā b-yāwmā.
    Noon is the hottest part of the day.
  2. (by extension) afternoon
    ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ ܛܲܗܪܵܐbrīḵ ṭahrāGood afternoon

Inflection

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Arabic ظُهْر (ẓuhr) and Hebrew צָהֳרַיִם (ṣāhŏráyim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtˤah.rɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ˈtˤah.re], [tˤah.rawˈwɑ.θɑ] (plural)

Noun

ܛܗܪܐ • (ṭahrā) m (plural ܛܗܪܘܬܐ or ܛܗܪܐ)

  1. noon, midday

Inflection

References

  • ṭhr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-09-28
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 123a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 167b
  • 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. 513b
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