ܘܪܫܢܐ

Classical Syriac

ܘܪܫܢܐ

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKAL^MUŠEN /⁠uršānu⁠/, “a kind of pigeon”), itself borrowed from Sumerian 𒆜𒄷 (KASKAL^MUŠEN /⁠irsaĝ⁠/, “pigeon”). Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic וַרְשָׁאנָא (waršānā), אוּרְשָׁנָא (uršānā), and Arabic وَرَشان (warašān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [warʃɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [warʃɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܘܪܫܢܐ • (waršānā) m (plural ܘܪܫܢܐ (waršānē))

1. woodpigeon

Inflection

Inflection of ܘܪܫܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܘܪܫܢ		1st person	ܘܪܫܢܝ		ܘܪܫܢܢ
	construct	ܘܪܫܢ		2nd person	ܘܪܫܢܟ	ܘܪܫܢܟܝ	ܘܪܫܢܟܘܢ	ܘܪܫܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܪܫܢܐ		3rd person	ܘܪܫܢܗ	ܘܪܫܢܗ	ܘܪܫܢܗܘܢ	ܘܪܫܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܘܪܫܢܝܢ		1st person	ܘܪܫܢܝ		ܘܪܫܢܝܢ
	construct	ܘܪܫܢܝ		2nd person	ܘܪܫܢܝܟ	ܘܪܫܢܝܟܝ	ܘܪܫܢܝܟܘܢ	ܘܪܫܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܘܪܫܢܐ		3rd person	ܘܪܫܢܘܗܝ	ܘܪܫܢܝܗ	ܘܪܫܢܝܗܘܢ	ܘܪܫܢܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: وَرَشَان (warašān)
  • → Persian: ورشان (varašân), ورش (varaš)

References

• “wršn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-04
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 186b
• Müller, Friedrich (1895) “Neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 9, page 378 of 377–387
• Müller, Friedrich (1896) “Neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 10, page 275 of 270–280
• 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, page 360b
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 51