ܬܝܡܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܝܡܝܢܐ (yammīnā(ʾ), right side), south being the direction to one's right side when facing the sunrise.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tajm(ə)nɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܬܝܡܢܐ (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. south
  2. south wind

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References

  • tymn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 142a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 611a
  • 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. 1642a
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