ܬܙܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Persian تازه (tâze, “fresh, new”); compare also borrowed into Arabic طازَج (ṭāzaj), Armenian թազա (tʻaza), Turkish taze.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [tɑːzɑː]

Adverb

ܬܵܙܵܐ • (tāzā)

1. fresh, just, now, recently; just recently; most recently

   ܠܵܐ ܡܲܣܩܸܕܸܬ ܠܝܼ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ، ܐܵܢܵܐ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ.

   lā masqiddit lī ādīyā, ānā tāzā ìwen dīrā baytā.

   Don’t annoy me now, I just got back home.

   ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒܸܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܗܘܿܢ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ؟ ܐܵܢܝܼ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܙܒ݂ܝܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇.

   kē maḥḥibit lāh raddāythōn ḥdattā? ānī tāzā ìnā zḇīnōh.

   Do you like their new car? They just bought it.

2. newborn
   • 1 Peter 2:2:

     ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܝܲܠܕܘܼܕܹ̈ܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܝܼܹܐ، ܫܲܗܘܸܬܘܼܢ ܠܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܠܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ ܨܸܦܝܵܐ ܕܒܝܼܹܗ ܓܲܪܘܸܣܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܠܦܘܼܪܩܵܢܵܐ،

     ayḵ yaldūdē zˁōrē tāzā wīyē, šahwitūn l-hēmizmān ayḵ d-l-ḥalḇā ṣipyā d-bīyēh garwisītōn l-purqānā,

     as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

Usage notes

• This is an adverb usually translated as “fresh” or “recently”, but can also be colloquially used as a pseudo-noun or adjective.

  ܗ̇ܘ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܕܗ̇ܘ ܫܘܼܠܵܐ. ― awa tāzā ìlēh l-d-awa šūlā. ― He is new at this job.

  • For specifically an adjective for “new” or “fresh”:
    • English new as in recently made or recently appeared would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܚܲܕܬܵܐ (ḥadtā).
    • English recent as in having happened a short while ago would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ܫܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (šārwāyā)
    • English fresh as in new, clean, of produce or not from storage would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjectives ܪܲܛܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ (raṭīḇā) or ܪܲܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ (raḡīyā).
    • English fresh as in “fresh water” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ܡ̈ܝܼܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܹ̈ܐ (mīyā ḥilyē)
    • English fresh as in “fresh air” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ܗܵܘܵܐ ܗܲܢܝܼܐܵܐ (hāwā hanīˀā), ܗܵܘܵܐ ܒܲܣܝܼܡܵܐ (hāwā basīmā) or ܗܵܘܵܐ ܕܸܟ݂ܝܵܐ (hāwā diḵyā)