Where does “ܡܥܝܢܐ” come from?
ܡܥܝܢܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Classical Syriac ܥܝܢܐ, from Aramaic עֵינָא, from Aramaic עַיְנָא, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.
ܡܥܝܢܐ (Classical Syriac): fountain, spring, well; source; rhombus
Definitions
- fountain, spring, well; source; rhombus
Ancestry of “ܡܥܝܢܐ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Syriac | ܥܝܢܐ | eye; fountain, spring, source; bulb, bud |
| 2 | Aramaic | עֵינָא | — |
| 3 | Aramaic | עַיְנָא | — |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | ʿayn- | eye |
| 5 | Hebrew | עַיִן | eye |