ܘܫܪܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac (literally “and the remainder”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [wəʃar.kɑː]

Adverb

ܘܫܲܪܟܵܐ • (w-šarkā)

1. etc., et cetera, and so on

   ܡܲܕܲܐܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܟܹܐ ܣܵܦܩܝܼ ܛܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܕܝܲܨܝܼܦܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܘܼܠܡܵܢܵܝܬܵܐ، ܬܲܪܒܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ، ܬܸܫܡܸܫ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܪ̈ܝܼܨܵܬ݂ܵܐ، ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܫܲܪܟܵܐ.

   maddaˀṯē kē sāpqī ṭīmē d-yaṣīpūṯā ḥulmānāytā, tarbīṯā, tišmišyāṯā ˁrīṣāṯā, urḥāṯā, w-šarkā.

   The tax covers the cost of health care, education, emergency services, roads, etc.

Usage notes

• This term in writing can be contracted as “ܘܫܲܪ...” but is still read out as the full phrase.
• For added emphasis some speakers may even use ܘܫܲܪܟܵܐ ܘܣܵܟ݂ܵܐ (w-šarkā w-sāḵā, “and so on and so forth”, literally “and the remainder and the sum”).