ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Classical Persian استان (ustān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔustɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔustɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܣܬܢܐ • (ʾustānā) m (plural ܐܘܣܬܢܐ (ʾustānē))

1. court, crown estate (said of the Persian royalty)
2. (reconstructed) province, crownland

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܣܬܢܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܣܬܢ		1st person	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ		ܐܘܣܬܢܢ
	construct	ܐܘܣܬܢ		2nd person	ܐܘܣܬܢܟ	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝ	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܣܬܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܣܬܢܗ	ܐܘܣܬܢܗ	ܐܘܣܬܢܗܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ		1st person	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ		ܐܘܣܬܢܝܢ
	construct	ܐܘܣܬܢܝ		2nd person	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܣܬܢܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܣܬܢܘܗܝ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܘܢ	ܐܘܣܬܢܝܗܝܢ

Related terms

• ܐܘܣܬܢܕܪܐ, ܐܘܣܬܐܢܕܐܪܐ (ʾustāndārā, “provincial governor”)

References

• “ˀwstn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008), Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927), Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a