ܙܠܡܐ ܩܫܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܝܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (zlāmā yarīḵā)
Etymology
Literally, “Hard slanting”.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [zəlɑːmɑː‿qɪʃjɑː]
Noun
ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ • (zlāmā qišyā) m
- (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /eː/
Coordinate terms
- (Vowels) ܙܵܘܥܹ̈ܐ (zāwˁē); ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ (pṯāḥā, “a”, literally “opening”), ܙܩܵܦܵܐ (zqāpā, “ā”, literally “erecting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܦܫܝܼܩܵܐ (zlāmā pšīqā, “i, e”, literally “easy slanting”), ܙܠܵܡܵܐ ܩܸܫܝܵܐ (zlāmā qišyā, “ē”, literally “hard slanting”), ܪܘܵܚܵܐ (rwāḥā, “ō”, literally “expanding”), ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (rḇāṣā, “ū”, literally “pressing”), ܚܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ (ḥḇāṣā, “ī”, literally “thronging”),
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From ܙܠܡܐ (z(ə)lāmā, “crooked writing”), from the root ܙ ܠ ܡ related to crookedness + ܩܫܝܐ (qašyā, “difficult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [z(ə)lɑmɑ qaʃjɑ]
Noun
ܙܠܡܐ ܩܫܝܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)
- (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /e/
Synonyms
- ܙܠܡܐ ܕܩܫܐ
- ܪܒܨܐ ܟܪܝܐ
References
- “zlmˀ**qšyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 117a