ܡܥܪܒܐ

From Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), derived from the same root as עֲרָבָא (ʿărāḇā, “sunset”); compare Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ma.ʕrə.wɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ma.ʔər.vɑː]

ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maˁrḇā) m (uncountable)

1. west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)

   Synonyms: ܡܓܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (mganyānā), ܓܢܵܝ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (gnāy yawmā)

   ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܩܛܵܠ ܥܲܡܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬܵܐ.

   min ˁillat qṭāl ˁammā, āšōrāyē ˁrīq lhōn l-maˁrḇā b-gālūtā.

   Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.

• (compass points) ܦܸܢܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܫܸܪ̈ܫܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ (pinyāṯē širšānāyāṯē);

ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (garbē maˁrḇā)	ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ (garbyā)	ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (garbē maḏnḥā)
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (maˁrḇā)		ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (maḏnḥā)
ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ (tayman maˁrḇā)	ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ (taymnā)	ܬܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ (tayman maḏnḥā)

• ܥܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁrāḇā, “sunset”)

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

• IPA^(key): [maʕr(ə)vɑ]

ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c (uncountable)

1. west, occident

   Synonym: ܐܘܪܝܐ

2. sunset, western sky
3. west wind

• ܡܕܢܚܐ

• “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

• ܡܪܒܥܐ, ܡܥܒܪܐ