ܐܫܘܪ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܫܘܪ (ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ) ܠܩܘܪܒܐ ܕ1450 ܩܡ܊
ܐܬܐ ܕܐܫܘܪ

Etymology 1

Modern learned borrowing from Aramaic אֲשׁוּר (ˀăšūr), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Ashur”) the original capital named after the chief deity of that city. Doublet of ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ (āṯōr).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšōr) f

  1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))
    Synonym: ܐܵܬ݂ܘܿܪ (āṯōr)
  2. Assur (city)

Proper noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšōr) m

  1. head of the Assyrian pantheon, later identified with Anshar
  2. a male given name common among Assyrian people
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew .

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܐܵܫܘܿܪ • (āšōr) m

  1. (biblical) Ashur (a grandson of Noah in Genesis)
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