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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma); compare also borrowed into Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm) and Hebrew אַקְלִים (aklím).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܠܹܝܡܵܐ • (qlēmā) m sg (plural ܩܠܹܝܡܹ̈ܐ (qlēmē))
- region, climate, clime (geographical area of the earth, particularly a zone of latitude)
- territory (geographical area under the legal control of a country)
Derived terms
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma). Compare Arabic إِقْلِيم (ʔiqlīm).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܩܠܝܡܐ • (qəlimā) m (plural ܩܠܝܡܛܐ (qəlimē) or ܩܠܝܡܐ)
- clime
- land, region, district, zone
References
- “qlym”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 320b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507a
- 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 1371a