ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).

Pronunciation

Noun

ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānām (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))

  1. court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
  2. * province, crownland

Inflection

References

  • ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
  • Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a