ܐܪܓܘܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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ܐܪܓܘܢܐ

Etymology

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Root
ܐ ܪ ܓ ܘ ܢ (ˀ r g w n)
2 terms

From Aramaic אַרְגְּוָנָא (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu); compare Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān) and Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן (argamán).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ʔar.ɡəwɑːnɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔar.d͡ʒəvɑːnɑː]

Adjective

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ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā) (feminine ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (argwānīṯā), plural ܐܲܪ̈ܓܘܵܢܹܐ (argwānē))

  1. purple

Noun

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ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānām

  1. purple color
  2. (literary) Tyrian purple, royal purple

Coordinate terms

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Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܵܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gāwnē) (layout · text)
     ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)      ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)      ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
             ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܐ (qirmīzā)              ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)              ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā); ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)
             ܠܲܝܡܵܐ (laymā)              ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)              ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
             ܟܝܵܢܵܐ (kyānā)              ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)              ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
             ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (bānafšā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)              ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܐ (argwānā)              ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Compare Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān) and Hebrew אַרְגָּמָן (ʾargāmān).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑne] (plural)

Noun

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ܐܪܓܘܢܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܐܪܓܘܢܐ)

  1. Tyrian purple, royal purple
  2. purple (cloth, garment; colour)
    Synonyms: ܣܣܓܘܢܐ, ܬܟܠܬܐ

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  • ˀrgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 18b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 27b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 95a