ܝܬܘܡܐ

From Aramaic יַתְמָא (yaṯmā), from Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”); compare Classical Syriac ܝܬܡܐ (yaṯmā), Hebrew יָתוֹם (yatóm), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌 (y‬t‬m‬), Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ (yatima), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [yat.tuːmɑː]

ܝܲܬܘܼܡܵܐ • (yatūmā) m sg (plural ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (yatūmē), feminine ܝܲܬܘܼܡܬܵܐ (yatumtā))

1. orphan
   • James 1:27:

     ܬܵܘܕܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܟ݂ܝܼܬܵܐ ܘܕܠܵܐ ܡܘܼܡܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇، ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܬܵܦܹܩ ܒܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܘܐܲܪ̈ܡܸܠܝܵܬܹܐ ܒܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܝ̈ܗܝ، ܘܢܵܛܹܪ ܓܵܢܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܛܘܼܠܫܵܐ.

     tāwdītā dḵītā w-d-lā mūmā qam allāhā bābā āhā ìlāh, d-nāšā tāpēq b-yatūmē w-armilyātē b-ulṣānāyh, w-nāṭēr gānēh min ˁālmā d-lā ṭulšā.

     Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

• ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ (bēt yatūmē, “orphanage”)
• ܝܲܬܘܼܡܘܼܬܵܐ (yatūmūtā, “orphanhood”)

ܝܲܬܘܼܡܵܐ • (yatūmā) ?

1. a surname