ܥܝܪܐܩ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܥܝܪܐܩ
ܐܬܐ ܕܥܝܪܐܩ

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), see there for more.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ (ˁīrāqm or f

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܣܲܓܝܼܐܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܬ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܦܵܝܘܿܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.
    garbyā dˁīrāq īlēh aykā dsagīˀūṯā d-āšōrāyē aṯrānāyē pāyōšē biˁmārā ìnā.
    The north of Iraq is where most of the remaining homeland Assyrians are living.
  2. (historical) Iraq (An expansive medieval region of Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq))

Usage notes

  • This term can be grammatically masculine due to it being so in Arabic. However, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers usually treat this term as grammatically feminine, because most countries and cities are feminine.

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܥܝܪܐܩ (ʿīrāq)

  1. Iraq
    Synonyms: ܥܝܪܩ, ܥܪܐܩ
  2. Republic of Iraq
    Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܥܝܪܐܩ

Derived terms

Further reading

ܥܝܪܐܩ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc