ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ ܫܠܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ ܫܠܝܐ

Etymology

Calque of French océan Pacifique and Arabic الْمُحِيط الْهَادِئ (al-muḥīṭ al-hādiʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔɪw.qəjɑːnosː‿ʃɪl.jɑː]

Proper noun

ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ • (ēwqyānōs šilyā) m

1. Pacific Ocean (An ocean, the world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas)

   Synonyms: ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܫܲܝܢܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs šaynāyā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܗܲܕܝܼܐܵܐ (ēwqyānōs hadīˀā), ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܦܲܣܝܼܦ̮ܝܼܩܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs pasīfīqāyā)

Coordinate terms

• oceans: ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (ēwqyānōsē): ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܓܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܓܲܪܒܝܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs glīḏāyā garbyāyā) · ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܓܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܬܲܝܡܢܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs glīḏāyā taymnāyā) · ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܕܐܲܛܠܵܢܛܝܼܩܘܿܢ (ēwqyānōs d-aṭlānṭīqōn) · ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܗܸܢܕܘܵܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs hindwāyā) · ܐܹܘܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ (ēwqyānōs šilyā) ^[edit]