ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯnahrawwāṯā)

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.

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ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ • (bēt nahrīn) f

1. Mesopotamia

• ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (nahrāyā, “Mesopotamian”)

• ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯnahrīn)

From ܒܹܝܬ (bēṯ, “between”) +‎ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”), literally “between the (two) rivers”, referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

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ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ • (bēṯ nahrīn) f

1. Mesopotamia

   Synonyms: ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ (ʾārām nahrayn), ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ (beṯ ʾārāmāye), ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (meṣʿaṯ nahrawwāṯā)

2. Diyar Rabi'a

• “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, page 404b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 142a