ܟܠܕܝܐ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Akkadian 𒆳𒆗𒁺 (/Kaldu/), variant of 𒅗𒃻𒁺 (/Kašdu/), either by dissimilation or as a rendering of the Chaldean lateral ŝ. Cognate of Biblical Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּי (kaśdī, “Chaldean”), Aramaic כַּשְׂדָּי (kaśdāy, “Chaldaean”), and Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos). The fourth definition comes from the current faction of the Church of the East at one point in time adopting Catholicism and thus the term Chaldean.
Noun
[edit]ܟܲܠܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ or ܟܰܠܕ݂ܳܝܳܐ • (kalḏāyā) m (feminine ܟܲܠܕ݂ܵܝܬܵܐ, plural ܟܲܠܕ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ)
- astrologer, diviner, pagan; inhabitant or native or descendant of ancient Mesopotamia(ns)
- 1126-1199, Michael the Great, Chronicon, p.749
- …ܘܠܐ ܫܪܝܪܝܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܕܡܣܒܪܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܠܡ ܩܡ ܡܢ ܥܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܠܟ̈ܐ. ܐܠܐ ܐܬܚܘܝܬ݀ ܕܡܠܟ̈ܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܟܠܕܝ̈ܐ ܘܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܡܢܗ ܕܥܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܐܬܟܢܝܘ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܘܘ
- …and those who think that from this nation kings have never arisen are not correct. Rather it has been shown that those Chaldean and Assyrian kings were from this nation [whose members] are called Syriacs.
- inhabitant or native or descendant of Chaldea, a Chaldee
- Chaldean (member of the Chaldean Catholic Church)
- (by extension) Member of the Church of the East tradition
Descendants
[edit]- → Malayalam: കൽദായൻ (kaldāyaṉ)