ܐܝܛܠܝܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːtˤɑːliːjɑː]

ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܵܐ • (īṭālīyā) f

1. Italy (a country in Europe; official name: Italian Republic)

• ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܝܵܐ (īṭālīqāyā, “Italian”)
• ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܩܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (īṭālīqāˀīṯ, “Italian Language”)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā, “Italy”), ultimately from an Italic source similar to Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of young cattle”).

• IPA^(key): [ʔitˤɑlijɑ]

ܐܝܼܛܵܠܝܼܵܐ • (ʾīṭāliyā) f

1. Italy, a country in Southern Europe, with Rome as its largest city and capital.
2. The geographical region of the Roman Empire corresponding to the modern state.
   • 1981, Peshitta New Testament, Acts 18.2:

     ܘܐܫܟܚ ܬܡܢ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܕ ܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܕܫܡܗ ܗܘܐ ܐܩܠܘܣ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܦܢܛܘܣ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܒܗ ܒܗܘ ܙܒܢܐ ܐܬܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܢ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܐܝܛܠܝܐ ܗܘ ܘܦܪܝܣܩܠܐ ܐܢܬܬܗ ܡܛܠ ܕܦܩܕ ܗܘܐ ܩܠܘܕܝܘܣ ܩܣܪ ܕܢܦܩܘܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܝܗܘܕܝܐ ܡܢ ܪܗܘܡܐ ܘܐܬܩܪܒ ܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܀

     There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome.

• ܐܝܛܠܝܩܐ (“Italian”)

• “ˀṭlyqwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–