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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic מַּערְבָא (maʿrəḇā), derived from the same root as עֲרָבָא (ʿărāḇā, “sunset”); compare Arabic غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ • (maˁrḇā) m (uncountable)
- west, occident (the direction of the setting sun at an equinox)
- Synonyms: ܡܓܲܢܝܵܢܵܐ (mganyānā), ܓܢܵܝ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (gnāy yawmā)
ܡܸܢ ܥܸܠܲܬ ܩܛܵܠ ܥܲܡܵܐ، ܐܵܫܘܿܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܥܪܝܼܩ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ܒܓܵܠܘܼܬܵܐ.- min ˁillat qṭāl ˁammā, āšōrāyē ˁrīq lhōn l-maˁrḇā b-gālūtā.
- Because of the genocide, Assyrians have fled to the west in diaspora.
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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From the root ܥ-ܪ-ܒ (ʿ-r-b) related to the setting of the sun. Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib), غَرْب (ḡarb) and Hebrew מַעֲרָב (maʿărāḇ).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܥܪܒܐ • (maʿrəḇā) c(uncountable)
- west, occident
- Synonym: ܐܘܪܝܐ
- sunset, western sky
- west wind
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References
- “mˁrb”, 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, p. 263b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 290a-b
- 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. 804b
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