ܢܨܝܒܝܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Old Aramaic plural formation dating back to the 2nd millennium BCE from ܢܨܝܒ (nəṣīḇ, “erected, planted”, adjective) from the root ܢ-ܨ-ܒ (n-ṣ-b) cognate to the Arabic ن ص ب (n-ṣ-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nəsˤivin]

Proper noun

ܢܨܝܒܝܢ • (nəṣīḇīn)

1. Nusaybin (a city in today’s Mardin Province in Turkey)

   Synonyms: ܡܓܕܘܢܝܐ, ܨܘܒܐ

Derived terms

• ܢܨܝܒܝܐ (nəṣīḇāyā, “Nisibene”)

Further reading

• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2440
• Wild, Stefan (1973) Libanesische Ortsnamen (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 9)‎^[1], Würzburg · Bayrūt: Ergon-Verlag · al-Furat, published 2008, →ISBN, page 96