ܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Northern Kurdish یان (yan); related to Persian یا (yâ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [jan.]

Conjunction

ܝܲܢ • (yan)

1. Or

   ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ― madnḵā yan maʿrwā ― East or west

   ܒܹܐ݇ܬܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܲܢ ܠܵܐ؟ ― bētāyā ìlēh yan lā? ― Is he coming or not?

   ܒܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܐܸܕܝܵܘܡ ܝܲܢ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ؟ ― bēzālā ìwet idyāwm yan qudmē? ― Are you going today or tomorrow?

   • Romans 8:35:

     ܡܵܢܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܪܹܫ ܠܲܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ؟ ܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܥܵܘܩܵܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܪܕܘܼܦܝܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܟܸܦܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܫܘܼܠܚܵܝܘܼܬܵ‌ܐ، ܝܲܢ ܩܹܘܲܢܕܹܢܘܿܣ، ܝܲܢ ܣܲܝܦܵܐ؟

     mānī bit pārēš lan min ḵubbā d-mšīḵā? ulṣānā, yan ʿāwqānā, yan rdupyā, yan kipnā, yan šulḵāyutā, yan qēwandēros, yan saypā

     Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

See also

• ܘ- (w-)
• ܐܵܘ (āw)