ܚܘܫܒܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܚ ܫ ܒ (ḥ š b)
10 terms

Etymology

From the verb ܚܲܫܒܸܢ (ḥašbin, “to calculate”); compare Arabic حُسْبَان (ḥusbān), حِسَاب (ḥisāb) and Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (kheshbón).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [xuʃ.bɑːnɑː]

Noun

ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܵܐ • (ḥušbānā) m sg (plural ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܹ̈ܐ (ḥušbānē))

  1. (uncountable) reckoning, enumeration, numbering, number
  2. (uncountable) arithmetic, calculation, computation
  3. (countable) account
    ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢ ܦ̮ܹܝܣܒܘܼܟ ܕܝܼܹܗ ― ḥušbān fēsbūk dīyēh ― His Facebook account
    ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢ ܥܘܼܪܦܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܼܝܼ ― ḥušbān ˁurpānā dīyī ― My bank account

Inflection

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħuʃbɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ħuʃbɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Etymology 1

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حُسْبَان (ḥusbān) and Hebrew חֶשְׁבּוֹן (ḥešbôn).

Alternative forms

  • ܚܫܒܢܐ

Noun

ܚܘܫܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܢܐ)

  1. reckoning, enumeration, numbering, number
  2. arithmetic, calculation, computation
  3. account
  4. money
  5. census
  6. sheet, paper
  7. era
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Arabic حُسْبَانَة (ḥusbāna).

Noun

ܚܘܫܒܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܢܐ)

  1. small cushion
Inflection

References

  • “ḥwšbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 118b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 135b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 435b
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