ܟܝܕܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܟ̰ܝܕܢ

Alternative forms

• ܟ̰ܵܐܝܕܵܢ (čāydān)

Etymology

From Persian چایدان (čâydân, “tea caddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰajdan/
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰeː.dɪn]

Noun

ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ • (čāydān) f (plural ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ (čāydānē))

1. teapot
2. (more commonly) teakettle

Inflection

Inflection of ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f
singular	absolute	–		1st person			ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܲܢ (čāydānan)
	construct	–		2nd person	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (čāydānūḵ)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (čāydānāḵ)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (čāydānāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ (čāydān)		3rd person	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܹܗ (čāydānēh)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (čāydānōh)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܗܘܿܢ (čāydānhōn)
plural	absolute	–		1st person	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܝܼ̈ (čāydānī)		ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܲܢ̈ (čāydānan)
	construct	–		2nd person	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (čāydānūḵ)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (čāydānāḵ)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (čāydānāwḵōn)
	emphatic	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ (čāydānē)		3rd person	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܘܼ̈ܗܝ (čāydānūh)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (čāydānōh)	ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢܗ̈ܘܿܢ (čāydānhōn)

See also

• ܟ̰ܵܐܝ (čāy, “tea”)
• ܐܲܦܬܵܦܵܐ (aptāpā, “kettle”)
• ܟ̰ܵܝܦܵܙ (čāypāz, “teapot”)

References

• “ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, 2024 April 17 (last accessed)
• Maclean, Arthur John (1901) “ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ”, in Dictionary of the Dialects of Vernacular Syriac as Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the Plain of Mosul, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 130a