ܥܝܪܩ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܥ ܪ ܩ (ˁ r q)
2 terms

ܥܝܪܩ

ܐܬܐ ܕܥܝܪܩ

Alternative forms

• ܥܝܼܪܵܐܩ (ˁīrāq), ܥܸܪܵܐܩ (ˁirrāq)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʕiːˈrɑːq]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈʔi.rɑːq], [ʔi.ˈrɑːq]

Proper noun

ܥܝܼܪܵܩ • (ˁīrāq) m or f

1. Iraq (a country in Middle East, Asia; official name: Republic of Iraq)

   ܓܲܪܒܝܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܣܲܓܝܼܐܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܐܵܫܘܿܪܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܬܪ̈ܵܢܵܝܹܐ ܦܝܵܫܵܐ ܒܸܥܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ.

   garbyā dˁīrāq īlēh aykā dsagīˀūtā d-āšōrāyē atrānāyē pyāšā biˁmārā ìnā.

   The north of Iraq is where most of the remaining homeland Assyrians are living.

2. (historical) An expansive historical region of medieval Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).

Usage notes

• This term can be grammatically masculine due to it being so in Arabic. However, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers usually treat this term as grammatically feminine, because most countries and cities are feminine.

Derived terms

• ܥܝܼܪܵܩܵܝܵܐ (ˁīrāqāyā, “Iraqi”)
• ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܥܝܼܪܵܩ (quṭnāyūtā dˁīrāq, “Republic of Iraq”)