ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܗܸܢܓܵܠܝܼܘܿܢ (hingālīyōn)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news, gospel”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪw.wanɡɪlˈliːjoːn]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [hɪnɡaːliːjoːn]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [ʔɛw.wanːɡɛlˈli.jon]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔiv.vanːd͡ʒalˈli.jun]

Noun

ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢ or ܐܹܘܲܢܓܲܠܝܼܘܿܢ • (iwwangilīyōn or ēwangalīyōn) m (plural ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܹܐ (iwwangilīyē) or ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (iwwangilīyōnē))

1. (Christianity) the Gospel

   Synonym: ܣܒ݂ܲܪܬܵܐ (sḇartā)

Related terms

• ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܵܝܵܐ (iwwangillāyā)
• ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܣܛܵܐ (iwwangilīsṭā)

See also

• ܟܬ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܩܲܕܝܼܫܵܐ (kṯāḇā qadīšā, “the Bible”)
  • ܕܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܩܹܐ ܥܲܬܝܼܩܬܵܐ (dīyāṯēqē ˁatīqtā, “the Old Testament”)
  • ܕܝܼܵܬ݂ܹܩܹܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ (dīyāṯēqē ḥdattā, “the New Testament”)
• ܐܘܿܪܵܝܬܵܐ (ōrāytā, “the Torah”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛw.wan.ɡɛlˈli.jon], [ʔɛw.wan.ɡalˈli.jon]

Noun

ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ • (ʾewwangellīōn, ʾewwangallīōn) m (plural ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢܐ or ܐܘܢܓܠܝܐ)

1. gospel

Synonyms

• ܣܒܪܬܐ (səḇarəṯā)

Derived terms

• ܐܘܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ (“evangelist”)

Descendants

• → Parthian:

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾwnglywn /⁠ewangelyōn⁠/)

• → Sogdian:

  Christian: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (/⁠ewangelyōn⁠/)

  Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾwnglywn /⁠ewangelyōn⁠/)

  → Persian: انگلیون (/⁠angelyun⁠/)

• Arabic: إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl)
  • → Persian: انجیل (/⁠enjel⁠/)
  • → Western Neo-Aramaic: ܐܶܢܔܺܝܠܰܐ (ʾenjīla)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢ (iwwangilīyōn), ܗܸܢܓܵܠܝܼܘܿܢ (hingālīyōn)
• Turoyo: ܡܓܰܠܝܽܘܢ (mgalyūn)
  • Turoyo: ܡܓܠܝܢ (mglin)

References

• “ˀwnglywn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-14
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 6b
• 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. 17b

Sogdian

Alternative forms

• 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗 (ʾwnglywn)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ.

Noun

ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (ewanɡelyōn)

1. gospel
2. evangelion

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “ʾwnglywn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, § 8471, page 75a