ܘܪܘܘܪܕ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برآورد (bar-âvard), compare Udi ваьраьвуьрд (värävürd), Azerbaijani varavurd, Lezgi веревирд (verevird).

Noun

ܘܵܪܵܘܘܼܪܕ • (wārāwurd) m

1. attention

   Synonym: ܒܵܠܵܐ (bālā)

Derived terms

• ܘܵܪܵܘܘܼܪܕ ܥܒ݂ܵܕܵܐ (wārāwurd ˁḇādā)

Further reading

• Khan, Geoffrey (2016) The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 86), volume III, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 319