List of loanwords in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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The Iranian languages are also situated in around the Assyrian Homeland, where they'd influence the language.[1]

Loan words in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic came about mostly due to the contact between Assyrian people and Arabs, Iranians, Kurds and Turks in modern history.[2] Assyrian is one of the few languages where most of its foreign words come from a different language family (in this case, Indo-European).[3]

Unlike other Neo-Aramaic languages, Assyrian has an extensive number of Iranian loanwords[4] Depending on the dialect, Arabic loanwords are also reasonably present.[5] Some Turkish loanwords are Turkified words that are of Arabic origin.[6] To note, some of the loanwords are revised (or "Assyrianized"), and therefore would sound somewhat different to the original word.[7] Furthermore, some loanwords may also have a slightly different meaning from the original language.[8]

Arabic

  • Askar (soldier)
  • Alasas (as if) - Some speakers
  • Donyeh (world)
  • Bas (but) - Some speakers
  • Boori (water pipe)
  • Chakooch (hammer)
  • Hookma (government)
  • Is-Haal (diarrhea) - Some speakers
  • Mesteshfa (hospital)
  • Qissa (forehead)
  • Sadra (chest)
  • Sakh (healthy)
  • Sejin (jail) - Some speakers
  • Thelaja (fridge) - Some speakers
  • Yalla (hurry up) - Some speakers

Farsi

  • Bush (more)
  • Changal (fork)
  • Charek (quarter)
  • Dardeh (sorrow)
  • Dormanah (medicine)
  • Erzan (cheap)
  • Ham (also)
  • Halbat (of course)
  • Hasanay (easy)
  • Hitch (nothing)
  • Janta (purse/backpack)
  • Jezdan (wallet)
  • Khiyara (cucumber)
  • Mees (table)
  • Panjara (window)
  • Ranga (colour)
  • Razi (satisfied)
  • Sabab (reason)
  • Tambal (lazy)
  • Zahmat (difficult)
  • Zarda (yellow)

Kurdish

  • Aqlah (leg)
  • Chapleh (left)
  • Choom (close/lock)
  • Dormanah (medicine)
  • Hawar (aid)
  • Hiwi (hope)
  • Jwanqa (handsome)
  • Qisset (story)
  • Qonya (drain/well)
  • Razel (to shame)

Turkish

  • Balket (maybe)
  • Dabanja (gun)
  • Doos (straight or flat)
  • Gamee (ship)
  • Hazir (ready) - Arabic, Hadir (حاضر), "present'"
  • Kismet (fate) - Arabic, Qisma (قسمة), "division"
  • Rahat (comfortable) - Arabic, Raha (راحة), "relaxation"
  • Tamiz (clean) - Arabic, Tamy (تمييز) , "refinement"
  • Taws (dust)
  • Zengen (rich) - Persian, Sang (سنگين), "precious"

Other

These foreign words are borrowed from other Indo-European languages:

  • Atmahbel (automobile/car) - French, English
  • Benzen (petroleum) - German: Benzin
  • Batri (battery) - French: batterie, English: battery
  • Glass (glass cup) - English
  • Jameka (twin) - Latin: geminus, French: jumeau, Portuguese: gêmeo
  • Maymoon (monkey) - Middle Greek: Mimoun (μῖμων), "imitators, ape, mimicry"
  • Manaye (meaning) - Middle English
  • Soleh (shoe) - English: sole, Latin: solea, Kurdish: sol
  • Stumka (stomach) - English, Greek: stómachos; Latin: stomachus
  • Stawp (stove/heater) - English
  • Telvizion (television) and Tileefon (telephone) - English, Latin, Greek

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yohannan, A. (1900). A Modern Syriac-English dictionary, Part 1, New York.
  2. ↑ Yildiz, Efrem, The Aramaic Language and Its Classification, Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies 14:1 (2000)
  3. ↑ Odisho, Edward Y. (2002). „The role of aspiration in the translation of loanwords in Aramaic and Arabic“, W. Arnold and H. Bobzin (ed.): Sprich doch mit deinen Knechten aramäisch, wir verstehen es! 60 Beiträge zur Semitistik. Festschrift für Otto Jastrow zum 60 Geburtstag, Wiesbaden, 489-502.
  4. ↑ Younansardaroud, Helen, Synharmonism in the Särdä:rïd Dialect, Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies 12:1 (1998): 77-82.
  5. ↑ The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar, Geoffrey Khan, Boston, 2008
  6. ↑ Yamauchi, Edwin M., Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic or Syriac? A Critique of the Claims of G.M. Lamsa for the Syriac Peshitta, Bibliotheca Sacra 131 (1974): 320-331.
  7. ↑ Yohannan, Abraham, Some Remarks Regarding the Pronunciation of Modern Syriac, Journal of the American Oriental Society 25 (1904)
  8. ↑ Younansardaroud, Helen (1999). „The influence of Modern Persian on the Särdä:rïd dialect“, Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies, XIII:65-68.
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