ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

From ܣܘܼܪܝܼܵܐ (sūrīyā, “Syria”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending), neologism recomposed identical to the original standard form to avoid ambiguity with ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Assyrian, Syriac; Christian”), which is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the variants assūrāyu (Attested in Neo-Assyrian) or sūrāyu (7th century BC). Doublet of ܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āšōrāyā), ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪܵܝܵܐ (āṯōrāyā), and ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā, “Syriac”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key):

ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܐ • (suryāyā) (feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܬܵܐ (suryāytā), plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܹܐ (suryāyē))

1. Syrian (of, from, or pertaining to the Syrian Arab Republic)

ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܵܐ • (suryāyā) m (plural ܣܘܼܪ̈ܝܵܝܹܐ (suryāyē), feminine ܣܘܼܪܝܵܝܬܵܐ (suryāytā))

1. Syrian (person from the Syrian Arab Republic or of Syrian descent)

• Sometimes ܕܲܪܡܣܘܿܩܵܝܵܐ (darmsōqāyā, literally “Damascene”) is also used to avoid ambiguity.

• ܣܘܪܝܐ, ܣܘܪܝܐܐ (rare)

From ܣܘܪܝܐ (swriyā, “Syria”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-yā, the attributive adjective ending). The standard form itself is first attested in the writings of Philoxenus of Mabbug in the 5th-6th century. The alternative form ܣܘܪܝܐ is argued by some to be directly borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), possibly via the variants assūrāyu (Attested in Neo-Assyrian) or sūrāyu (7th century BC). Doublet of ܐܬܘܪܝܐ and possibly ܐܣܘܪܝܐ (“Isaurian”). Also found in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܣܘܼܪܵܝܵܐ (surrāyā) and Turoyo ܣܘܪܳܝܐ (suroyo) with a deletion of the first /j/.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key):

ܣܘܪܝܝܐ • (suryāyā) (feminine ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ, masculine plural ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, feminine plural ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ)

1. Syriac, Syrian