ܩܡܝܨܬܐ

ܩܡܝܨܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܩܡܝܣܬܐ‎ (qamīstāʾ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qamisˤtɑ/

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion)[1], from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Arabic قميص‎ (qamīṣ).

Noun

ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ • (qamīṣtāʾ) f

1. shirt

Descendants

• Turoyo: ܩܡܣܬܐ‎ (qmĕstoʾ)
• Western Neo-Aramaic: ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ‎ (ḳameṣčaʾ)

References

1. Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)