ܐܝܠܘܠ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אִילוֹל (ʾīlūl), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (^itieluli, “month of harvest”). Compare Turoyo ܐܝܠܷܢ (ilën) and also borrowed into Arabic أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔiːloːl]
• (Barwari) IPA^(key): [ʔiːlul]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔiːlun]

Proper noun

ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ • (īlōl) m

1. The sixth month of the Assyrian calendar
2. September (ninth month of the Gregorian calendar of thirty days)
3. Elul (twelfth month of the Jewish calendar of twenty-nine days)

Coordinate terms

Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgāḏā māwlāḏāyā) (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (kānōn trayyānā)	ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ)	ܐܵܕ݂ܵܪ (āḏār)	ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār)	ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān)	ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmōz)	ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ)
September	October	November	December
ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlōl)	ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā)	ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā)	ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā)

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܠܘܠ

Etymology

From Aramaic אֱלוּל (ʾelul), from Akkadian 𒌗𒆥 (ITI.KIN /⁠ulūlu, elūlu⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔilul]

Noun

ܐܝܠܘܠ • (ʾīlūl)

1. September
2. Elul

Gregorian calendar months in Classical Syriac · ܣܘܪܓܕܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܐ (layout · text)
January	February	March	April
ܟܢܘܢ ܒ (kānūn b)	ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ)	ܐܕܪ (ʾādār)	ܢܝܣܢ (nīsān)
May	June	July	August
ܐܝܪ (ʾayyār)	ܚܙܝܪܢ (ḥzīrān)	ܬܡܘܙ (tammūz)	ܐܒ (ʾāb), ܐܘܓܘܣܛܘܣ
September	October	November	December
ܐܝܠܘܠ (ʾīlūl)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐ (tešrīn ʾ)	ܬܫܪܝܢ ܒ (tešrīn b)	ܟܢܘܢ ܐ (kānūn ʾ)

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَيْلُول (ʔaylūl)
  • Turkish: eylül

References

• ܐܝܠܘܠ on syriacdictionary.net
• “ˀlwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 67
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 30
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 13

Further reading

ܐܝܠܘܠ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc