ܡܐܝܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic numbers (edit)
1,000
 ←  90  ←  99 ܩ.
100
200  →  1,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā)
    Ordinal: ܡܐܵܝܵܐ (mˀāyā)

Etymology 1

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From ܡܐܵܐ (mˀā, hundred) +‎ -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending); compare Arabic مَائَة (māʔa), مِئَوِيّ (miʔawiyy) and Hebrew מֵאִי (me'í).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [məʔɑːjɑː], [maʔɑːjɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA(key): [ʔɪm.mɑːjɑː]

Adjective

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ܡܐܵܝܵܐ (mˀāyā) (feminine ܡܐܵܝܬܵܐ (mˀāytā), plural ܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (mˀāyē))

  1. hundredth (100th)
    ܗ̇ܘ ܝܠܹܗ ܦܲܪܨܘܿܦܵܐ ܡܐܵܝܵܐ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܹܪ ܒܓܵܘ ܬܵܘܵܢܵܐ.awa ìlēh parṣōpā mˀāyā d-ˁāḇēr b-gāw tāwānā.He is the hundredth person to enter the room.
  2. centigrade, centesimal, celsius
    Coordinate terms: ܦ̮ܲܗܪܸܢܗܵܝܬ (fahrinhāyt, Fahrenheit), ܟܹܠܒ݂ܝܼܢ (kēlḇīn, kelvin)
    ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܓܵܠܕ݂ܝܼ ܒܨܝܼܦܵܪ ܕܲܪ̈ܓ݂ܹܐ ܡܐܵܝܹ̈ܐmayyā kē gālḏī b-ṣīpār darḡē mˀāyēWater freezes at zero degrees celsius

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܡܐܲܝܹ̈ܐ (mˀayyēm pl

  1. hundreds (of something); indicates an indefinite number approximately between a hundred and a thousand

Etymology 3

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Derived from the local pronunciation of the word ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ (mayyā, water).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [maː.jeː.]

Proper noun

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ܡܵܐܝܹܐ (māˀyēf

  1. Maye (an Assyrian village in North Iraq)