ܙܒܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [script needed] (zābā), from Akkadian [script needed] (Zābum); compare also in Arabic زَاب (zāb) and Northern Kurdish زێی (zêy) and Ancient Greek Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱς (Zăpắtās). Related to the native noun ܕܲܘܒܵܐ (dawbā, “flow, discharge”)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [zɑːwɑː]

Proper noun

ܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (zāḇā) m

  1. any of the two Great Zab or Little Zab rivers

Derived terms

  • ܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ (zāḇā rabbā)
  • ܙܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (zāḇā zˁōrā)

See also

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