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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) (contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)) + ܢܗܪܝܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܗܪܐ (nahrā)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates, Literally, “between the rivers”, although the term encompasses land around the rivers as well.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ • (bēt nahrīn) f
- Mesopotamia
See also
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܒܹܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) + ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܲܗܪܵܐ (nahrā, “river”)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ • (Bêṯ Nahrīn) f
- Mesopotamia (literally " between two rivers")
- Diyar Rabi'a
Synonyms
References
- “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-08-19
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 404b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 330a
- 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. 142a