ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܟܝ

ܫܠܡܐ ܥܠܟܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From ܫܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (šlama, “peace”) +‎ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (ʿālaḳ, “upon you”), literally “peace be upon you”; compare Arabic اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكِ‎ (as-salāmu ʿalayki) and Hebrew שָׁלוֹם עָלַיִךְ‎ (shalóm aláyikh).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃlɑːmɑː ʕa.laːx]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʃlɑːmɑː laːx]

Interjection

ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ‎ (šlama ʿālaḳ)

1. peace be upon you; hello; hail (to a woman)

   ‏ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ ܝܵܐ ܡܵܪܬܝ ܡܲܪܝܲܡ، ܡܠܝܼܬܵܐ ܝܘܵܬܝ ܡ̣ܢ ܫܵܦܵܩܲܬ.‎‎

   šlama ʿālaḳ ya mart māryām, mlīta ìwat min šapaqāt.

   Hail Mary, full of grace (first line of the Hail Mary)

See also

• ܫܠܵܡܵܐ‎ (šlama)
• ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂‎ (šlama ʿāloḳ) (to a man)
• ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ‎ (šlama ʿāloḳon) (to more than one person)