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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic מַדנְחָא (maḏnəḥā), derived from the same root as ܕܸܢܚܵܐ (dinḥā, “sunrise”); cognate to Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ • (madnḥā) m (uncountable)
- east, orient
- Synonyms: ܡܲܣܩܵܢܵܐ (masqānā), ܐܸܣܵܩ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (issāq yawmā)
ܒܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܕܵܢܚܵܐ ܒܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܘܒܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܥܵܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ.- b-ṣaprā šimšā kē dānḥā b-maḏnḥā w-b-ramšā kē ˁārḇā bmaˁrḇā.
- In the morning the sun rises in the east, and in the evening sets in the west.
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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܕ-ܢ-ܚ (d-n-ḥ) related to the rising of the sun, from Proto-Semitic *ḏ-r-ḥ; compare Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrāḥ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܕܢܚܐ • (maḏnəḥā) c(uncountable)
- east, orient
- sunrise, eastern sky
- east wind
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References
- “mdnḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-20
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 68a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 253b-254a
- 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, p. 716a