ܚܒܘܪܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic [script needed] (ḥāḇōrā); compare Classical Syriac ܚܵܒ݂ܵܪ (ḥāḇār), Arabic خَابُور (ḵābūr), Akkadian ḫabur, and possibly Sumerian 𒄷𒁓 (Hu-bur, river; watercourse; netherworld). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [xaːwoːraː]

Proper Noun

ܚܵܒ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ • (ḥāḇōrām

  1. any of the two Khabur rivers
    1. Great Khabur (a river tributary of the Euphrates)
      Synonym: ܚܵܒ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ (ḥāḇōrā rabbā)
    2. Little Khabur (a river tributary of the Tigris)
      Synonym: ܚܵܒ݂ܘܿܪܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ (ḥāḇōrā zˁōrā)

Derived terms

  • ܚܒ݂ܵܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (ḥḇāōrāyā)

See also

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Arabic بُخَار (buḵār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħabburɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħabbure] (plural)

Noun

ܚܒܘܪܐ • (transliteration neededm (plural ܚܒܘܪܐ)

  1. steam, vapour, smoke, fume

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܒܘܪܐ
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f m f
singular absolute ܚܒܘܪ 1st person ܚܒܘܪܝ ܚܒܘܪܢ
construct ܚܒܘܪ 2nd person ܚܒܘܪܟ ܚܒܘܪܟܝ ܚܒܘܪܟܘܢ ܚܒܘܪܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܒܘܪܐ 3rd person ܚܒܘܪܗ ܚܒܘܪܗ ܚܒܘܪܗܘܢ ܚܒܘܪܗܝܢ
plural absolute ܚܒܘܪܝܢ 1st person ܚܒܘܪܝ ܚܒܘܪܝܢ
construct ܚܒܘܪܝ 2nd person ܚܒܘܪܝܟ ܚܒܘܪܝܟܝ ܚܒܘܪܝܟܘܢ ܚܒܘܪܝܟܝܢ
emphatic ܚܒܘܪܐ 3rd person ܚܒܘܪܘܗܝ ܚܒܘܪܝܗ ܚܒܘܪܝܗܘܢ ܚܒܘܪܝܗܝܢ

See also

References

  • ḥbwr”, 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, page 95a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 122b
  • 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, →ISBN, page 404a