Assyria

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
• Hyphenation: As‧syr‧ia
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Assyria

1. A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant from the mid-23rd century BC to 608 BC and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), which came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.

Derived terms

• Assyrian

Translations

Semitic Akkadian kingdom

• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕚𐕒𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇 (asorux̣)
• Akkadian: 𒆳𒀸𒋩𒆠 (māt aššur^ki), 𒆳𒀀𒋩𒆠 (māt aššur^ki)
• Albanian: Asiria
• Amharic: አሦር (ʾäśor)
• Arabic: آشُّور (ʔāššūr)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪ f (āšor), ܐܵܬܘܿܪ f (ātor)

  Classical Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ (ʾĀṯūr)

• Armenian: Ասորեստան (Asorestan)

  Old Armenian: Ասորեստան (Asorestan)

• Azerbaijani: Assuriya
• Basque: Asiria
• Belarusian: Асі́рыя f (Asíryja)
• Bulgarian: Асирия f (Asirija)
• Burmese: အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ (a.hci:ri:ya:angpaya)
• Catalan: Assíria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞述／亚述 (zh) (Yàshù)

• Czech: Asýrie (cs) f
• Danish: Assyrien
• Dutch: Assyrië (nl), Assyrische Rijk
• Egyptian: (jswr f)
• Estonian: Assüüria
• Finnish: Assyria (fi)
• French: Assyrie (fr) f
• Galician: Asiria (gl) f
• Georgian: ასურეთი (asureti)
• German: Assyrien (de) n
• Greek: Ασσυρία (el) (Assyría)

  Ancient: Ἀσσυρία f (Assuría), Ἀσσυρίη f (Assuríē)

• Hawaiian: ʻAkulia
• Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר (he) (ašur)
• Hungarian: Asszíria (hu)
• Icelandic: Assyría f
• Indonesian: Asyur
• Irish: An Aisiria f
• Italian: Assiria f
• Japanese: アッシリア (Asshiria)
• Kazakh: Ассирия (Assiriä)
• Korean: 아시리아 (asiria)
• Kyrgyz: Ассирия (Assiriya)
• Lao: ອັດຊີເຣຍ (ʼat sī rīa)
• Latin: Assyria f
• Latvian: Asīrija f
• Lithuanian: Asirija f
• Macedonian: Асирија f (Asirija)
• Malay: Assyria
• Marathi: असिरिया m (asiriyā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Assyria

  Nynorsk: Assyria

• Old Church Slavonic: Асоуръ (Asurŭ)
• Persian: آشور (fa) (âšur), آسورستان (âsurestân)

  Old Persian: 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (a-θ-u-r-a /⁠aθura⁠/)

• Polish: Asyria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Assíria (pt) f
• Romanian: Asiria f
• Russian: Асси́рия (ru) f (Assírija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Аси́рија f

  Roman: Asírija (sh) f

• Shan: ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး (ʼàa síi ríi yáa)
• Slovak: Asýria f
• Slovene: Asirija f
• Spanish: Asiria
• Swedish: Assyrien n
• Thai: อัสซีเรีย (àtseeriya), จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (jàkgràwàt àtseeriya)
• Tok Pisin: Asiria
• Turkish: Asur (tr)
• Ukrainian: Асси́рія f (Assýrija)

See also

• Babylonia
• Iraq
• Mesopotamia
• Syria

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Assyria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsːy(ː)riɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ːy(ː)ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): As‧sy‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Assyria

1. Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom)

Declension

Inflection of Assyria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Assyria	—
genitive		Assyrian	—
partitive		Assyriaa	—
illative		Assyriaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Assyria	—
accusative	nom.	Assyria	—
	gen.	Assyrian
genitive		Assyrian	—
partitive		Assyriaa	—
inessive		Assyriassa	—
elative		Assyriasta	—
illative		Assyriaan	—
adessive		Assyrialla	—
ablative		Assyrialta	—
allative		Assyrialle	—
essive		Assyriana	—
translative		Assyriaksi	—
abessive		Assyriatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Assyria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Assyriani — accusative nom. Assyriani — gen. Assyriani genitive Assyriani — partitive Assyriaani — inessive Assyriassani — elative Assyriastani — illative Assyriaani — adessive Assyriallani — ablative Assyrialtani — allative Assyrialleni — essive Assyrianani — translative Assyriakseni — abessive Assyriattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Assyriasi — accusative nom. Assyriasi — gen. Assyriasi genitive Assyriasi — partitive Assyriaasi — inessive Assyriassasi — elative Assyriastasi — illative Assyriaasi — adessive Assyriallasi — ablative Assyrialtasi — allative Assyriallesi — essive Assyrianasi — translative Assyriaksesi — abessive Assyriattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Assyriamme — accusative nom. Assyriamme — gen. Assyriamme genitive Assyriamme — partitive Assyriaamme — inessive Assyriassamme — elative Assyriastamme — illative Assyriaamme — adessive Assyriallamme — ablative Assyrialtamme — allative Assyriallemme — essive Assyrianamme — translative Assyriaksemme — abessive Assyriattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Assyrianne — accusative nom. Assyrianne — gen. Assyrianne genitive Assyrianne — partitive Assyriaanne — inessive Assyriassanne — elative Assyriastanne — illative Assyriaanne — adessive Assyriallanne — ablative Assyrialtanne — allative Assyriallenne — essive Assyriananne — translative Assyriaksenne — abessive Assyriattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Assyriansa — accusative nom. Assyriansa — gen. Assyriansa genitive Assyriansa — partitive Assyriaansa — inessive Assyriassaan Assyriassansa — elative Assyriastaan Assyriastansa — illative Assyriaansa — adessive Assyriallaan Assyriallansa — ablative Assyrialtaan Assyrialtansa — allative Assyrialleen Assyriallensa — essive Assyrianaan Assyrianansa — translative Assyriakseen Assyriaksensa — abessive Assyriattaan Assyriattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• assyrialainen
• assyriologi
• assyriologia

 

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsy.ri.a/, [äs̠ˈs̠ʏriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsi.ri.a/, [äsˈsiːriä]

Proper noun

Assyria f sg (genitive Assyriae); first declension

1. Assyria (ancient kingdom and subsequent Roman province)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Assyria
genitive	Assyriae
dative	Assyriae
accusative	Assyriam
ablative	Assyriā
vocative	Assyria

Descendants

• → Catalan: Assíria
• → Czech: Asýrie
• → Danish: Assyrien
• → Dutch: Assyrië
• → English: Assyria
  • Tok Pisin: Asiria
  • → Hawaiian: ʻAkulia
• → Finnish: Assyria
• → French: Assyrie
• → German: Assyrien
• → Hungarian: Asszíria
• → Irish: Aisiria
• → Italian: Assiria
• → Japanese: アッシリア (Asshiria)
• → Polish: Asyria
• → Portuguese: Assíria
• → Russian: Ассирия (Assirija)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Асирија

  Latin script: Asirija

• → Slovak: Asýria
• → Spanish: Asiria
• → Swahili: Assyrien
• → Ukrainian: Асси́рія (Assýrija)

References

• “Assyria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Assyria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Assyria”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Assyria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Assyria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Assyria

1. Assyria

Related terms

• assyrer
• assyrisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Assyria

1. Assyria

Related terms

• assyrar
• assyrisk

Portuguese

Proper noun

Assyria f

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Assíria.