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. Babylon, Babel (the ancient capital of Babylonia, in southern Mesopotamia)
2. Babylonia (an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia)
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. Babylon, Babel (capital of ancient Babylonia)

   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, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 137