ܐܫܝܬܐ

• ܥܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ˁāšīṯā) — false etymology

Inherited from Aramaic, borrowed from Akkadian 𒀀𒊓𒄿𒌅 (/⁠asītu⁠/, “tower, stack”). From the older meaning “column, wall, mound,” and then specialized into “avalanche”. Described already in Toma Audo’s “Treasure of the Syriac Language” with the meaning of “avalanche” in the classical variant form Classical Syriac ܐܸܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (“ʔiššīṯā”), likely as a vernacularism. As a place name, attested at least as early as the 12th century as the name of a village in the region of Tyari. Compare Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya) and Hebrew אָשְׁיָה (ʾošyâ).

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ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (āšīṯā) f (plural ܐܵܫ̈ܝܼܵܬ݂ܵܐ (āšīyāṯā))

1. avalanche

ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ • (āšīṯā) f

1. Ashitha, a historically Assyrian village in the region of Tyari

• ܐܵܫܝܼܬ݂ܢܵܝܵܐ (āšīṯnāyā, “Of Ashitha”)

• → Northern Kurdish: aşît
• → Turkish: Çığlı (calque)

From Akkadian 𒀀𒊓𒄿𒌅 (/⁠asītu⁠/, “tower, stack”). Compare Arabic آسِيَة (ʔāsiya) and Hebrew אָשְׁיָה (ʾošyâ).

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ܐܫܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܐܫܝܬܐ)

1. (architecture) column, pillar

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ܐܫܝܬܐ • (transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܐܫܬܐ

• “ˀšy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 21a
• 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, pages 106b-107a