ܩܡܨܬ̤ܐ
Western Neo-Aramaic
Alternative forms
- ܩܡܣܬ̤ܐ (ḳamesčaʾ)
Pronunciation
- (Bakh'a) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡sa/
- (Maaloula) IPA(key): /k̠amesˤt͡ʃa/
- (Jubb'adin) IPA(key): /kamesˤt͡ʃa/
Etymology
From Aramaic ܩܲܡܝܼܨܬܵܐ (qamīṣtāʾ), from Byzantine Greek καμίσιον (kamísion)[1], from Late Latin camisia, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją (“clothes, shirt, skirt”). Compare Turoyo ܩܡܣܬܐ (qmĕstoʾ) and Arabic قميص (qamīṣ).
Noun
ܩܰܡܶܨܬ̤ܰܐ (ḳameṣčaʾ) f
- shirt
References
- Hezy Mutzafi, Comparative Lexical Studies in Neo-Mandaic (2014, Leiden: Brill)