ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic אוֹקְיָנוֹס (ʾōqeyānōs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʔu.qjɑːnosː]
Noun
ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ • (uqyānos) m (plural ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ (uqyānosē) or ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܘܼ (uqyānu))
- ocean (very large body of salt water covering approximately 71% of the surface of Earth and 97% of Earth's water)
Derived terms
- ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܵܝܵܐ (uqyānāyā, “oceanic”)
- ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܐܲܛܠܵܢܛܝܼܩܘܿܢ (uqyānos aṭlānṭiqon, “Atlantic Ocean”)
- ܐܘܼܩܝܵܢܘܿܣ ܫܸܠܝܵܐ (uqyānos šilyā, “Pacific Ocean”)
See also
- ܝܵܡܵܐ (yāmā, “sea”)
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
- ܐܘܩܝܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqyʾnws)
- ܐܘܩܐܐܢܘܣ (ʾwqʾʾnws)
- ܐܘܩܐܘܢܣ (ʾwqʾnws)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔo.qeˈjɑ.nos]
Noun
ܐܘܩܝܢܘܣ • (ʾōqeyānōs) m (plural ܐܘܩܝܢܘ)
- ocean
See also
- ܝܡܐ (yammā)
References
- “ˀwqyˀnws”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-15
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 4b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 7b
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 20a