ܩܡܣܬܐ

ܩܡܣܬܐ

Turoyo

Etymology

From Aramaic ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ‎ (qamīṣtā), from Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion)[1], from Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Western Neo-Aramaic ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ‎ (ḳameṣča) and Arabic قَمِيص‎ (qamīṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qməstɒ/

Noun

ܩܡܶܣܬܳܐ or ܩܶܡܶܣܬܳܐ or ܩܰܡܶܣܬܳܐ • (qmesto or qemesto or qamesto) f

1. shirt, robe.
   • Bible (ABT), Mark 16:5:

     ‏ܘܥܰܒܺܝܪܺܝ ܠܽܗ̄ܘ ܩܰܒ̥ܪܳܐ، ܘ݄ܚܙܰܠّܶܗ ܥܠܰܝܡܳܐ ܝܰܬܺܝܒ̥ܳܐ ܡܽܗ̄ܘ ܝܰܡܺܝܢܳܐ ܘ݄ܠܒ̥ܺܝܫܳܐ ܩܡܶܣܬܳܐ ܚܶܘܳܪܬܳܐ، ܘ݄ܡܕܰܘܡܪܺܝ.‎‎

     wʿabīrī lu[h]w qaḇroʾ, wḥzallĕh ʿlaymoʾ yatīḇoʾ mu[h]w yamīnoʾ wlḇīšoʾ qmĕstoʾ ḥĕwortoʾ, wmdawmrī.

     As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

References

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