ܘܪܩܬܐ

ܘܪܩܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [wæ.raqːta]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [wæ.raqːta]
• (Tyari) IPA^(key): [wæ.raqːta]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [wæ.raqːta]

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“leaf”). Compare Arabic وَرَق‎ (waraq) and Hebrew יָרָק‎ (yārāq).

Noun

ܘܲܪܵܩܬܵܐ (wāraqta) fܘܲܪ̈ܵܩܹܐ (wāraqe) pl

1. document
2. playing card

References

• “ܘܪܩܬܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary‎, Association Assyrophile de France, (please provide a date or year)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܘ-ܪ-ܩ‎ (w-r-q), from Proto-Semitic *waraq- (“leaf”). Compare Arabic وَرَق‎ (waraq) and Hebrew יָרָק‎ (yārāq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [warqtɑ]

Noun

ܘܪܩܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܘܪܩܐ‎)

1. leaf
2. paper
3. page