ܣܡܪܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܣ ܡ ܪ (s m r)
3 terms

Borrowed from Arabic أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), through ܣܲܡܪܵܐ (samrā, suntan, tan) +‎ -ܢܐ (-ānā, the adjectival ending). Doublet of ܐܲܣܡܲܪ (asmar).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [sam.rɑːnɑː]

Adjective

ܣܲܡܪܵܢܵܐ • (samrānā) (feminine ܣܲܡܪܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (samrānīṯā), plural ܣܲܡܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ (samrānē))

  1. dark-skinned
  2. brown, tan, tawny, deep yellow

Coordinate terms

Colors in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܓܲܘܢܹ̈ܐ (gawnē) (layout · text)
     ܚܘܵܪܵܐ (ḥwārā)      ܩܛܘܿܡܵܐ (qṭōmā)      ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (kōmā)
             ܣܡܘܿܩܵܐ (smōqā); ܩܸܪܡܝܼܙܵܝܵܐ (qirmīzāyā)              ܐ݇ܛܪܘܿܓ݂ܵܐ (ṭrōḡā); ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܝܵܐ (purtqālāyā); ܫܚܘܿܡܵܐ (šḥōmā)              ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā)
             ܠܲܝܡܵܝܵܐ (laymāyā)              ܝܲܪܘܿܩܵܐ (yarōqā)              ܩܝܼܢܵܐ (qīnā)
             ܣܵܣܓܲܘܢܵܝܵܐ (sāsgawnāyā)              ܙܪܘܿܩܵܐ (zrōqā)              ܡܝܼܠܵܐ (mīlā)
             ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܝܵܐ (bānafšāyā); ܡܲܝܩܵܐ (mayqā)              ܦ̮ܘܼܫܝܼܵܐ (fūšīyā); ܐܲܪܓܘܵܢܵܝܵܐ (argwānāyā)              ܘܲܪܘܿܕ݂ܵܐ (warōḏā)

Derived terms

  • ܣܲܡܪܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (samrānūṯā)