ܐܒܪܡ

ܐܒܪܡ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔo.ˈrɑm]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔav.ˈrɑm]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [ʔaw.ˈrɑm]

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָם‎ (ʾaḇrām).

Proper noun

ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܡ (āwram) m

1. (biblical) Abram
   • Genesis 12:5:

     ‏ܘܫܩܝܼܠ ܠܹܗ ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܡ ܠܣܲܪܲܝ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܘܼܗܝ، ܘܠܘܿܛ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܕܐܲܚܘܿܢܘܼܗܝ، ܘܠܟܠܹܗ ܥܘܼܬܪܵܝܗܝ ܓ̰ܘܼܡܸܥ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܠܗܘܿܢ، ܘܠܓܵܢܵܬܹ̈ܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܹܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܘ ܒܚܵܪܵܢ؛ ܘܦܠܝܼܛ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܟܢܲܥܢ؛ ܘܐ݇ܬܹܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ ܠܐܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܟܢܲܥܢ.‎‎

     w-šwīqleh āwram l-sārāy bāḳtu, w-luṭ brona d-āḳonu, w-l-kuleh ʿutray jumiʿwawlhon, w-l-ganate d-ʿwīdewaw b-ḳaran; w-plīṭlhon lezala l-ārʿa d-knāʿn; w-tēlhon l-ārʿa d-knāʿn.

     And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.