ܣܡܩܪܝܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܒܪܬܐ ܡܟܘܣܐ ܣܡܩܪܝܐ

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܡ ܩ (s m q)
6 terms

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܣܡܩܪܝܐ, from a variant of ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā, “red”) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [səma.qrɑːjɑː]

Adjective

ܣܡܲܩܪܵܝܵܐ • (smaqrāyā) (feminine ܣܡܲܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (smaqrāytā), plural ܣܡܲܩܪ̈ܵܝܹܐ (smaqrāyē))

1. (modern, of hair) yellowish; fair, blond
2. (archaic or dated) yellow-red; red-brown; coppery; tan, tawny; chestnut; sorrel; blood-red

Coordinate terms

Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)

ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)	ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)	ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)	ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)	ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)	ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)	ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)	ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)	ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)	ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)	ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

Derived terms

• ܡܣܲܡܩܸܪ (msamqir, “to become blond”)
• ܣܡܲܩܪܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (smaqrāyūṯā, “blondness”)