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Dayr Ilyā - ܕܝܪܗ ܐܠܝܐ

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Names

  • ܕܝܪܗ ܐܠܝܐ
  • Dayr Ilyā
  • ܓܶܦܬܠܶܟ1
  • ܕܶܝܪܰܗ ܐܠܝܐ1
  • جفتلك2
  • دير اِليا2
  • Çiftlik3
  • Dayr Elijah3

Place Type

settlement

Descriptions

“ܡܰܙܪܰܥܬܐ ܗܝ ܕܒܰܫܦܘܠܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܡܰܪܕܝܢ ܘܰܒܬܰܝܡܢܳܗ̇ ܐܶܬܩܰܪܝܰܬ ܒܫܶܡ ܡܳܪܝ ܐܠܝܐ. ܡܛܠ ܕܥܺܕܬܳܗ̇ ܒܓܰܘܗ̇ ܣܺܝܡܳܐ ܘܡܶܬܐܡܪ ܠܗ̇ ܬܘܪܟܳܐܝܬ ܓܶܦܬܠܶܟ” 1
“مزرعة بلحف جبل ماردين جنوبيها سميت باسم ايليا النبي لوجود بيعته فيها، ويقال لها ايضا جفتلك بالتركية.” 2
“a farm south of Mardin, at the foot of the mountain of Mardin. It was named after the prophet Elijah, because of a church in it bearing the name of this prophet. Today it is called Çiftlik in Turkish.” 3

Notes

Not the same place as Mar Eliya.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 555.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 516.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 553.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dayr Ilyā — ܕܝܪܗ ܐܠܝܐ ” last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/403.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Dayr Ilyā — ܕܝܪܗ ܐܠܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2014. Entry published January 14, 2014. http://syriaca.org/place/403.

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Entry Title: Dayr Ilyā — ܕܝܪܗ ܐܠܝܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz

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