ܒܒܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܒܵܒ݂ܹܠ (bāḇēl), ܒܵܒ݂ܹܝܠ (bāḇēl)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim). More at Babylon.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bɑːwɪl]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [bɑː.wil]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [bɑː.vil]

Proper noun

ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ • (bāḇil) f

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
2. (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)
3. A governorate in southern Iraq

Derived terms

• ܒܵܒ݂ܠܵܝܵܐ (bāḇlāyā, “Babylonian”)
• ܒܵܒ݂ܠܝܼܢܵܐ (bāḇlīnā)

Proper noun

ܒܵܒ݂ܸܠ • (bāḇil) m or f

1. a unisex given name

Classical Syriac

ܡܓܕܠܐ ܕܒܒܠ

Etymology

From Aramaic בבל (bāḇel), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑvel]

Proper noun

ܒܒܠ • (bāḇel)

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

   Synonym: ܒܒܝܠ (bāvil)

2. Babylon Province/Babil Governorate

   Synonym: ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܒܒܠ

Derived terms

• ܒܒܠܝܐ m (“Babylonian”)
• ܒܒܝܠܝܐ m (“Babylonian”)
• ܒܒܝܠܝܬܐ f (“Babylonian”)

References

• “bbly”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 175
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 137