ܐܝܠܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܝܠܢܐ

Etymology

From Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā), from Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, oak; acorn), from Sumerian 𒄑𒀠𒆷𒈝 (allanum, oak; acorn, acorn-shaped); compare Hebrew אֵלוֹן (elón, great tree, oak).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ʔiːlɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ • (īlānā) m sg (plural ܐܝܼܠܵܢܹ̈ܐ (īlānē) or ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܢܹ̈ܐ (īlānānē))

  1. tree

Usage notes

This word is feminine in some dialects.

Inflection

Meronyms

Holonyms

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒀠𒆷𒀭 (ʾallānu, alyānu, oak; acorn), Sumerian 𒄑𒀠𒆷𒈝 (allanum, oak; acorn, acorn-shaped). Also other Aramaic אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā), Hebrew אֵלוֹן (elōn, great tree), אַלּוֹן (allōn, great tree; oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔilɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔilɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܐܝܠܢܐ • (’īlānā’) m (plural ܐܝܠܢܐ)

  1. tree, tree trunk

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • ˀyln”, 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. 7b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 13b
  • 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. 35a
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