Where does “ܣܕܐ” come from?

ܣܕܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) comes from Persian ساده, from Middle Persian sādag.

ܣܕܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic): dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Definitions

  1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

Ancestry of “ܣܕܐ”, step by step

ܣܕܐ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ساده

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianسادهsimple; easy; plain, ordinary
2Middle Persiansādag—

via Arabic سَدّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicسَدّdam, barrier
Every word from Middle Persian sādag →Every word from Persian ساده →