ܡܐܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  90	←  99	ܩ. 100	200  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā)     Ordinal: ܡܐܵܝܵܐ (mˀāyā)

Etymology 1

From ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā, “hundred”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic مَائَة (māʔa), مِئَوِيّ (miʔawiyy) and Hebrew מֵאִי (me'í).

Alternative forms

• ܐܸܡܵܝܵܐ (immāyā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [məʔɑːjɑː], [maʔɑːjɑː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.mɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܡܐܵܝܵܐ • (mˀāyā) (feminine ܡܐܵܝܬܵܐ (mˀāytā), plural ܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (mˀāyē))

1. hundredth (100th)

   ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ ܡܐܵܝܵܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܒܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ. ― awa ìlēh parṣōpā mˀāyā d-ˁāḇēr b-gāw tāwānā. ― He is the hundredth person to enter the room.

2. centigrade, centesimal, celsius

   Coordinate terms: ܦ̮ܲܗܪܸܢܗܵܝܬ (fahrinhāyt, “Fahrenheit”), ܟܹܠܒ݂ܝܼܢ (kēlḇīn, “kelvin”)

   ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܓܵܠܕ݂ܝܼ ܒܨܝܼܦܵܪ ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ ܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ ― mayyā kē gālḏī b-ṣīpār darḡē mˀāyē ― Water freezes at zero degrees celsius

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mə.ʔajjeː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔɪm.majjeː]

Noun

ܡܐܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (mˀayyē) m pl

1. hundreds (of something); indicates an indefinite number approximately between a hundred and a thousand

Etymology 3

Derived from the local pronunciation of the word ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā, “water”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [maː.jeː.]

Proper noun

ܡܵܐܝܹܐ • (māˀyē) f

1. Maye (an Assyrian village in North Iraq)