ܟܘܫ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܟܘܫ

ܐܬܐ ܕܟܘܫ

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac, from Biblical Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kúsh), from Egyptian

(kꜣš); also attested in Akkadian 𒆳𒆪𒌑𒋢 (Kūsu) and Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐏁𐎠𐎹 (ku-u-š-a-y /⁠Kušāya⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈkuʃː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuʃː]

Proper noun

ܟܘܼܫ • (kūš) m

1. (biblical) Cush (son of Ham and grandson of Noah)
   • Genesis 10:6:

     ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܵܡ: ܟܘܼܫ، ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ، ܦܘܿܛ، ܘܟܢܲܥܢ.

     bnōnē d-ḥām: kūš, miṣrēn, pōṭ, w-knaˁn.

     The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

Proper noun

ܟܘܼܫ • (kūš) f

1. Ethiopia (a country in East Africa; official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
   • Psalms 68:31:

     ܒܸܬ ܐܵܬܝܼ ܐܝܼܙܓܲܕܹ̈ܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܸܨܪܹܝܢ، ܟܘܼܫ ܒܸܬ ܦܲܠܛܵܐ ܐܝܼܕܵܬ̈ܘܿܗ̇ ܠܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ.

     bit ātī īzgaddē min miṣrēn, kūš bit palṭā īdātōh l-allāhā.

     Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

2. (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile.

Derived terms

• ܟܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ (kuššāyā, “Ethiopian”)

See also

• ܐܲܡܗܵܪܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (amhārāˀīṯ, “Amharic”)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Hebrew כּוּשׁ (kúsh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuʃ]

Noun

ܟܘܫ • (kūš) m

1. (biblical) Cush
2. Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

   Synonym: ܐܬܝܘܦܝܐ

Derived terms

• ܟܘܫܝܐ (“Cushite, Ethiopian, nigger”)

Related terms

• ܐܘܦܝܪ (“Aethiopia”)
• ܐܬܝܘܦܝܐ (“Ethiopia”)
• ܐܡܗܪܝܐ (“Amharic”)
• ܐܘܪܘܡܘܝܐ (“Oromo”)

References

• ܟܘܫ on syriacdictionary.net
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 440
• 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 626

Further reading

ܟܘܫ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc