ܩܡܝܨܬܐ
Appearance
Classical Syriac
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܩܡܝܣܬܐ (qamīstā)
Etymology
[edit]From Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion),[1] from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Arabic قميص (qamīṣ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ • (qamīṣtā) f (plural ܩܲܡܼܝܣܝ̈ܵܬܵܐ)
Descendants
[edit]- Turoyo: ܩܡܶܣܬܐ (qmesto), ܩܶܡܶܣܬܐ (qemesto), ܩܰܡܶܣܬܐ (qamesto)
- Western Neo-Aramaic: ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣča)
References
[edit]- ^ Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)