ܡܝܠܛܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [miːleːtˤeː]

⁧ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ⁩ • (mīlēṭē) f

1. Malta (A European island and country in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: Republic of Malta)
   • Acts 28:1:

     ⁧ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܛܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܸܪܙܵܐ ܫܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ، ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ.⁩

     īman d-mṭē lan l-birzā šlīmē, dīˤ lan d-aya gāzartā pāyšā wā qrīṯā mīlēṭē.

     Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.

• ⁧ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܝܵܐ⁩ (mīlēṭāyā, “Maltese”)
• ⁧ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐܝܼܬ݂⁩ (mīlēṭāˀīṯ, “Maltese language”)
• ⁧ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ⁩ (gāzartā d-mīlēṭē)
• ⁧ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ⁩ (quṭnāyūṯā d-mīlēṭē)