ܐܒܪܗܡ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܒܪܗܡ, from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām, “Abraham”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔav.rɑˈhɑm]
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [ʔoːˈrˤaha]
- (Tyari) IPA(key): [ʔaw.rɑˈhɑm]
- (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔav.rɑˈhɑm]
Proper noun
ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܗܵܡ • (aḇrāhām) m
- (biblical) Abraham
- Genesis 17:5:
- ܘܠܹܐ ܦܵܝܹܫ ܩܸܪܝܵܐ ܡܸܢ݇ܕܪܹܫ݇ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂ ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܡ، ܐܝܼܢܵܐ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂ ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܗܵܡ؛ ܣܵܒܵܒ ܕܒܵܒܵܐ ܒܘܼܫܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܛܵܝܸܦܹ̈ܐ ܩܵܡ ܡܲܬܒ݂ܸܢܘܼܟ݂.
- w-lē pāyēš qiryā midrē šimōḵ aḇrām, īnā hāwē šimōḵ aḇrāhām; sābāb dbābā būšāyūtā dṭāyippē qām matḇinōḵ.
- Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you.
- Genesis 17:5:
- a male given name
Derived terms
- ܐܲܒ݂ܪܘܿ (aḇrō) (diminutive, nickname)
See also
- ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܡ (aḇrām)
Classical Syriac
Etymology
Derived from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām, “Abraham”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʔav.rɑˈhɑm]
- (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔawˈrɑ.hɑm]
- (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʔɑw.roˈhom], [ʔɑb.roˈhom]
Proper noun
ܐܒܪܗܡ • (ʾaḇrāhām) m
- (biblical) Abraham
- Peshitta, Genesis 17:5:
- ܘܠܐ ܢܬܩܪܐ ܬܘܒ ܫܡܟ ܐܒܪܡ: ܐܠܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܫܡܟ ܐܒܪܗܡ: ܡܛܠ ܕܐܒܐ ܠܣܘܓܐܐ ܕܥܡܡ̈ܐ ܝܗܒܬܟ.
- wə-lā neṯqərē ṯūḇ šəmāḵ ʾaḇrām, ʾellā nēhwē šəmāḵ ʾaḇrāhām, meṭṭol də-ʾăḇā lə-sōḡʾā ḏə-ʿam[mə]mē ya[h]ḇəṯāḵ.
- Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
- Peshitta, Genesis 17:5:
- a male given name
Descendants
See also
- ܐܒܪܡ (ʾaḇrām)
References
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 401b