ܣܡܪܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܡ ܪ (s m r)
2 terms

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), through ܣܲܡܪܵܐ (samrā, “suntan, tan”) +‎ -ܢܐ (-ānā, the adjectival ending). Doublet of ܐܲܣܡܲܪ (asmar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [sam.rɑːnɑː]

Adjective

ܣܲܡܪܵܢܵܐ • (samrānā) (feminine ܣܲܡܪܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (samrānīṯā), plural ܣܲܡܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (samrānē))

1. dark-skinned
2. brown, tan, tawny, deep yellow

Coordinate terms

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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

• ܣܲܡܪܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (samrānūṯā)