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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Arabic مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā) and Hebrew מָה (má).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ܡܵܐ • (mā)
- (interrogative) what?
- ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂؟ ― mā ìlēh šimmoḵ? ― What is your name?
- ܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܫܐܵܠܵܐ؟ ― mā ìwet bišˀālā? ― What are you asking?
- (relative) that which, what
- ܩܪܝܼ ܡܵܐ ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ. ― qrī mā kṯīḇ lī. ― Read what I wrote.
- ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܡܵܐ ܓܵܘܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܡܲܦܠܚܸܢ. ― kē yāḏˁēn mā gāwnā bit maplḥin. ― I know what colour I will to use.
- ܡܵܐ ܟܸܣܦܵܐ ܕܩܵܢܹܝܢ، ܒܸܬ ܚܲܣܟ݂ܸܢ ܠܹܗ. ― mā kispā d-qānēn, bit ḥasḵin lēh. ― What money I earn, I will save it.
Derived terms
See also
Turoyo
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Aramaic מאא from Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.
Numeral
ܡܐ • (mo) ?
- hundred
Etymology 2
From Aramaic מן (min)
Preposition
ܡܶܐ • (me)
- from
Derived terms
- ܡܰܝܟܐ (mayko, “from where”)