ܪܗܘܡܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܪܗܘܡܐ, from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), from Latin Rōma.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [roːmeː]

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ • (rōmē) f

1. Rome (the capital city of Italy and ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

• ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ (rōmāyā, “Roman”)
• ܐܸܡܦܪܵܛܘܿܪܘܼܬܵܐ ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬܵܐ (imprāṭōrūtā rōmāytā, “Roman Empire”)

Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), in turn from Latin Rōma.

• IPA^(key): [rome]

ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܹܐ • (rōmē) f

1. Rome, the capital and the largest city in Italy. The ancient capital of the Roman Empire.
   • 1981, Peshitta New Testament, Acts 28.14:

     ܘܐܫܟܚܢ ܬܡܢ ܐܚܐ ܘܒܥܘ ܡܢܢ ܘܗܘܝܢ ܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܝܘܡܬܐ ܫܒܥܐ ܘܗܝܕܝܢ ܐܙܠܢ ܠܪܗܘܡܐ ܀

     where we found brethren, and were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.

• ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ (“Roman”)

• Costaz, Louis (2002), Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 340b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903), A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 531a