ܛܠܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *ṭalay- originally meaning a young of certain animals, like English kid, this original meaning still preserved in the below entry.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

Adjective

ܛܲܠܝܵܐ • (ṭalyā) (feminine ܛܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭlīṯā))

1. young, youthful, childish

Noun

ܛܲܠܝܵܐ • (ṭalyā) m (feminine ܛܠܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (ṭlīṯā))

1. boy, child (from seven to twelve years old)

Proper noun

ܛܲܠܝܵܐ • (ṭalyā) m

1. a male given name
2. a surname transferred from the given name

Etymology 2

Back-formation from ܛܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ṭlāyē), the old plural of the above, and therefore a doublet of it. This word preserves the original meaning in Proto-West Semitic *ṭalay-. Only found in the dialect of Gaznakh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

Noun

ܛܠܵܝܵܐ • (ṭlāyā) m (plural ܛܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ (ṭlāyē))

1. lamb that is either an orphan or rejected from its own mother, and is suckled by a foster ewe, or tries to find one (often by running from one ewe to another until one of these allows it to suckle from its udder)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *ṭalay- originally meaning a young of certain animals, like English kid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): , (plural)

Adjective

ftr=ṭəlīṯā

ܛܠܝܐ • (ṭalyā) m (plural ܛܠܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܠܝܬܐ)

1. young, youthful, childish
2. new, recent, latest, last
3. next, following

Inflection

Irregular masculine singular absolute and construct forms ending in Aleph rather than Yodh.

Noun

ܛܠܝܐ • (ṭalyā) m (plural ܛܠܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܠܝܬܐ (ṭəlīṯā))

1. boy, child (from seven to twelve years old)
2. servant

Inflection

Derived terms

• ܛܠܝܘܬܐ (ṭalyūṯā)

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: տղայ (tłay)
  • Armenian: տղա (tġa)
    • → Adyghe: (tɣa, “young man”)
    • → Azerbaijani: dığa
    • → Northern Kurdish: tiẍa
    • → Turkish: dığa, tığa

Etymology 2

Modified from above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

Noun

ܛܠܝܐ • (ṭellāyā) m (plural ܛܠܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܛܠܝܬܐ (ṭellāytā))

1. unmarried youth, bachelor
2. freeborn youth

Inflection

References

• “ṭly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-07
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 127a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 174a, b
• 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 531b