ܐܘܪܘܣ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܪܘܣܝܐ

ܐܬܐ ܕܪܘܣܝܐ

Alternative forms

• ܪܘܼܣܝܼܵܐ (rūsīyā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs) with a prosthetic alaph and possible allusion to ܐܘܿܪ (ōr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʔoːroːs]

Proper noun

ܐܘܿܪܘܿܣ • (ōrōs) f

1. Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
2. (historical) the USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Soviet Union

   Synonyms: ܚܘܼܝܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܛܢܵܝ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܣܘܿܒ̮ܝܹ̈ܛܵܝܵܬ݂ܹܐ ܡܫܲܘ̈ܬܦܵܢܵܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥuyyāḏā dquṭnāywāṯā sōvyēṭāyāṯē mšawtpānāyāṯā), ܚܘܼܝܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܣܘܿܒ̮ܝܹܛܵܝܵܐ (ḥuyyāḏā sōvyēṭāyā)

Derived terms

• ܐܘܿܪܘܿܣܵܝܵܐ (ōrōsāyā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek εὔρος (eúros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛw.ros]

Noun

ܐܘܪܘܣ • (ʾewrōs) m

1. southeast wind

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܐܘܪܘܣ • (ʾwrws) m

1. urine

References

• “ˀwrws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-11
• 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. 21b