Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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From Aramaic שְׁבָט (šəḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum, literally month of wheat (i.e. the start of harvest season)); compare Turoyo ܐܷܫܘܷܛ (ëšwëṭ), also borrowed into Hebrew שְׁבָט (sh'vát, Shevat) and Arabic شُبَاط (šubāṭ, February).

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Proper noun

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ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭm

  1. The eleventh month of the Assyrian calendar
  2. Shevat (fifth month of the Jewish calendar of thirty days)
  3. February (second month of the Gregorian calendar of twenty-eight days or twenty-nine days on a leap year)

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Coordinate terms

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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

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Etymology

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From Aramaic שְׁבָט (ʾ šḇāṭ), from Akkadian 𒌚𒀾 (Šabāṭum, literally month of wheat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܫܒܛ (šḇāṭ)

  1. February
  2. Shevat
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

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  • Arabic: شباط (šubāṭ)

References

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  • šb+”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ܫܒܛ on syriacdictionary.net
  • 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 1513
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 752
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 556
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 357

Further reading

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  ܫܒܛ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc

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