ܬܝܡܢܐ

From Aramaic תַּיְמְנָא (taymənā), a derivative of יַמִּינָא (yammīnā, “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise; cognate to Hebrew תֵּימָן (teimán, “Yemen”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tajm.nɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [tajm.nɑː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [tem.nɑː]

ܬܲܝܡܢܵܐ • (taymnā) m

1. south (compass point, 180° directed toward the South Pole)

• (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)

• ܝܲܡܝܼܢܵܐ (yamīnā, “right side”)

From ܝܡܝܢܐ (yammīnā(ʾ), “right side”), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.

• IPA^(key): [tajm(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

ܬܝܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

1. south
2. south wind

• ܓܪܒܝܐ

• “tymn”, 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. 142a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 611a
• 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. 1642a