ܚܘܫܒܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܫ ܒ (ḥ š b)
10 terms

Etymology

From the verb ܚܲܫܒܸܢ (ḥašbin, to calculate); compare Arabic حُسْبَان (ḥusbān), حِسَاب (ḥisāb) and Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (kheshbón).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xuʃ.bɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܵܐ • (ḥušbānā) m sg (plural ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥušbānē))

  1. (uncountable) reckoning, enumeration, numbering, number
  2. (uncountable) arithmetic, calculation, computation
  3. (countable) account
    ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢ ܦ̮ܹܝܣܒܘܼܟ ܕܝܼܹܗḥušbān fēsbūk dīyēhHis Facebook account
    ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢ ܥܘܼܪܦܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܼܝܼḥušbān ˁurpānā dīyīMy bank account

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħuʃbɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħuʃbɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حُسْبَان (ḥusbān) and Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (ḥešbôn).

Alternative forms

  • ܚܫܒܢܐ

Noun

ܚܘܫܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܢܐ)

  1. reckoning, enumeration, numbering, number
  2. arithmetic, calculation, computation
  3. account
  4. money
  5. census
  6. sheet, paper
  7. era
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic حُسْبَانَة (ḥusbāna).

Noun

ܚܘܫܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܢܐ)

  1. small cushion
Inflection

References

  • ḥwšbn”, 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. 118b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 135b
  • 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. 435b
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