List of loanwords in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

The Iranian languages are also situated in around the Assyrian Homeland, where they'd influence the language.^[1]

Loanwords in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic came about mostly due to the contact between Assyrian people and Arabs, Iranians, Kurds and Turks in modern history.^[2] Assyrian is one of the few languages where most of its foreign words come from a different language family (in this case, Indo-European).^[3]

Unlike other Neo-Aramaic languages, Assyrian has an extensive number of Iranian loanwords^[4] Depending on the dialect, Arabic loanwords are also reasonably present.^[5] Some Turkish loanwords are Turkified words that are of Arabic origin.^[6] To note, some of the loanwords are revised (or "Assyrianized"), and therefore would sound somewhat different to the original word.^[7] Furthermore, some loanwords may also have a slightly different meaning from the original language.^[8]

Arabic

• Askar (soldier)
• 'Alasas (as if) - Some speakers
• Donyeh (world)
• Bas (but) - Some speakers
• Boori (water pipe)
• Chakooch (hammer)
• Hookma (government)
• Ës-Haal (diarrhea) - Some speakers
• Fendëq (hotel)
• Ghareeb (strange) - Some speakers
• Ghëssāla (washing machine)
• Mistashfa (hospital)
• Mūḥāmi (lawyer) - Some speakers
• Ooty (clothes iron)
• Qëssa (forehead)
• Sadra (chest)
• Sākh (healthy)
• Sejën (jail) - Some speakers
• Thelaja (fridge) - Some speakers
• Ṭiyāra (aeroplane)
• Yëlla (hurry up) - Some speakers

Persian

• Bush (more)
• Changal (fork)
• Charëk (quarter)
• Dardeh (sorrow)
• Dormānah (medicine)
• Erzan (cheap)
• Ham (also)
• Halbat (of course)
• Hasanay (easy)
• Hitch (nothing)
• Janta (purse/backpack)
• Jëzdan (wallet)
• Khiyāra (cucumber)
• Majboor (duty or obligation)
• Mees (table)
• Pënjara (window)
• Ranga (colour)
• Rāzi (satisfied)
• Sabab (reason)
• Tambal (lazy)
• Zahmat (difficult)
• Zarda (yellow)

Kurdish

• Aqlah (leg)
• Chapleh (left)
• Choom (close/lock)
• Hāwar (aid)
• Hiwi (hope)
• Qësset (story)
• Qonya (drain/well)
• Razël (to shame or scold)

Turkish

• Balkët (maybe)
• Dabanja (gun)
• Doos (straight or flat)
• Gamee (ship)
• Hāzir (ready) - Arabic, Hadir (حاضر), "present'"
• Kësmet (fate) - Arabic, Qisma (قسمة), "division"
• Pashgër (towel)
• Rahat (comfortable) - Arabic, Raha (راحة), "relaxation"
• Tamëz (clean) - Arabic, Tamy (تمييز), "refinement"
• Taws (dust)
• Zengën (rich) - Persian, Sang (سنگين), "precious"

Other

These foreign words are borrowed from European languages:

• Atmābël (automobile/car) - French, English
• Benzën (petroleum) - German: Benzin
• Batree (battery) - French: batterie, English: battery
• Beera (beer) - Old English: beor, from Latin: bibere
• Chayik (to check or inspect) - Middle English; the noun and exclamation from Old French eschec, from medieval Latin scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ("king")
• Glāss (glass cup) - English
• Jamëka (twin) - Latin: geminus, French: jumeau, Portuguese: gêmeo
• Lōrry (truck) - British English
• Māshina (train or car) - English: machine, from Greek: mekhos
• Maymūn (monkey) - Middle Greek: Mimoun (μῖμων), "imitators, ape, mimicry"
• Pākët (packet) - English, Anglo-Norman French
• Sōleh (shoe) - English: sole, Latin: solea, Kurdish: sol
• Stumkā (stomach) - English, Greek: stómachos; Latin: stomachus
• Stōp (stove/heater) - English
• Tëlvizion (television) and Tileefon (telephone) - English, Latin, Greek

See also

• Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, a language (also considered a dialect of Assyrian) which also uses some of these loanwords.
• List of English words of Semitic origin
• Hybrid word
• Morphology
• Syriac Latin alphabet

References