ܝܪܚܐ

From Aramaic יַרְחָא (yarḥā), from Proto-Semitic *warḫ-; compare Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yaréakh, “moon”), Akkadian 𒌚 (warḫum, “month”) and Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ, “date, history”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [jar.xɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [jar.xɑː]

ܝܲܪܚܵܐ • (yarḥā) m sg (plural ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ (yarḥē))

1. month (A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.)

   ܟܠ ܫܹܢ݇ܬ ܢܝܼܣܵܢ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ― kul šēt nīsān īlēh yarḥā brīḵā ― Every year April is a blessed month.

   ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܚܙܘܼܩܝܵܐ. ― bmitḥā dtlāṯā yarḥē bit āzaḥ ḥzuqyā. ― We’re going on a trip for three months.

   • Luke 1:36:

     ܘܗܵܐ ܐܘܼܦ ܐܹܠܝܼܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܚܸܙܡܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܣܲܝܒܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܗ̇ܝ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܩܲܪܬܵܐ.

     w-hā ūp ēlīšḇaˁ ḥizmāḵ bṭīntā ìlāh brōnā b-saybūṯā, w-āhā yarḥā d-ištā ìlēh l-aya d-kē pāyšā qrīṯā ˁqartā.

     Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

• ܣܘܼܪܓܵܕܵܐ (surgādā, “calendar”), ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

• “ܝܲܪܚܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)

From Proto-Semitic *warḫ-.

• IPA^(key): [jarħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [jarħe(ʔ)] (plural)

ܝܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܚܐ)

1. month

• ܝܪܚܘܢܐ
• ܝܪܚܘܬܐ
• ܝܪܚܢܐܝܬ
• ܝܪܚܢܝܐ
• ܪܝܫ ܝܪܚܐ

• “yrḥ”, 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. 145a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 197a-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. 584a

From Aramaic ܝܪܚܐ (yarḥā).

• IPA^(key): (singular) /jarħo/
• IPA^(key): (plural) /jarħe/

ܝܰܪܚܳܐ • (yarḥo) m (plural ܝܰܪܚܶܐ (yarḥe))

1. month

• ܫܰܬܳܐ (šato, “year”)
• ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo, “week”)
• ܝܰܘܡܳܐ (yawmo, “day”)
• ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca, “hour”), ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ (šocṯo, “hour”)
• ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto, “minute”)
• ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye, “second”), ܪܦܳܦܳܐ (rfofo, “second”)