ܫܒܛ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁבָט (šəḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒍩 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat (i.e. the start of harvest season)”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [ʃwɑtˤː]
Proper noun
ܫܒ݂ܵܛ • (šḇāṭ) m
- The eleventh month of the Assyrian calendar.
- Shevat (fifth month of the Jewish calendar (of thirty days), following Tevet and preceding Adar)
- February (second month of the Gregorian calendar (of twenty-eight days or twenty-nine days on a leap year), following January and preceding March)
Synonyms
- (February): ܦܸܒܪܘܵܪܝܘܿܣ (pibrwāryos)
See also
| Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgādā māwlādāyā) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (kānon ḥārāyā) | ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ) | ܐܵܕܵܪ (ādār) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār) | ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān) | ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmoz) | ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ) |
| September | October | November | December |
| ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlol) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrin qamāyā) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܐ݇ܚܵܪܵܝܵܐ (tišrin ḥārāyā) | ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānon qamāyā) |
Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Aramaic שְׁבָט (ʾšḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒍩 (Šabāṭum, literally “month of wheat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃ(ə)vɑtˤ]
Noun
ܫܒܛ • (šḇāṭ)
- February
- Shevat
| Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| January | February | March | April |
| ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b) | ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ) | ܐܕܪ (ʾādār) | ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār) | ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān) | ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz) | ܐܒ (ʾāb) |
| September | October | November | December |
| ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl) | ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ) | ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b) | ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ) |
Descendants
- Arabic: شباط (šubāṭ)
References
- “šb+”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- ܫܒܛ on syriacdictionary.net
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1513
- Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 752
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 556
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 357
Further reading
ܫܒܛ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc