Etymological Notes on North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic

Etymological Notes on North-Eastern Neo-AramaicAramaic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/GIQMHDBH/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.HezyMutzafiEtymological Notes on North-Eastern Neo-Aramaichttp://syriaca.org/cbss/GIQMHDBHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/GIQMHDBHhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/GIQMHDBHAramaic Studies3:1200583-107The present article aims at clarifying some of the most puzzling etymological conundrums exhibited by North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA). Etymological discussions are offered for ten selected NENA lexical items of unknown or doubtful provenance. Etymologies for additional lexemes are briefly suggested in passing. In most cases a comparative inter-dialectal study is crucial for unravelling the origins of enigmatic words whose etyma cannot be detected by mere recourse to classical Aramaic or other potential source-languages. In addition to adducing missing links found in cognate dialects, each etymological discussion contains an account of the phonological, morphological and semantic processes involved in the development of the lexical item under consideration. Mutzafi, Hezy. “Etymological Notes on North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic.” Aramaic Studies 3:1 (2005): 83–107. Hezy Mutzafi, Etymological Notes on North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic, Aramaic Studies 3:1 (2005): 83–107.Modern SyriacSyriac languageUrmialexicography