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Where does “ܝܡܝܢܐ” come from?

ܝܡܝܢܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Aramaic ימינא, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

ܝܡܝܢܐ (Classical Syriac): right; right hand; pledge, promise, oath, compact

Definitions

  1. right; right hand; pledge, promise, oath, compact

Ancestry of “ܝܡܝܢܐ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicימינאright
2Proto-Semiticyamīn-right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...
3Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand

Words derived from “ܝܡܝܢܐ”

  • ܬܝܡܢܐ
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- →