ܐܡܕ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܐܡܝܕ (ʾamīḏ)

Etymology

An Aramaic or at least or already Northwest Semitic formation, of the root ܥ-ܡ-ܕ (ʿ-m-d) akin to the Arabic ع م د (ʕ-m-d), to be interpreted as “standing” due to its strategic position.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔamɛð]

Proper noun

ܐܡܕ • (ʾameḏ)

1. Amida (a city in today’s Diyarbakır Province in Turkey; modern Diyarbakır)
   • a. 680, Naṣīr al-Kaʿbī, editor, A Short Chronicle of the End of the Sasanian Empire and Early Islam 590–660 A.D., Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, published 2016, →ISBN, page 48 [25]:

     ܗܝܕܝܢ ܟܢܫ ܟܘܣܪܘ ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܐ ܘܥܠܝ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܪ̈ܗܘܡܢܐ. ܘܥܒܕ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܪ̈ܒܝ ܚ̈ܝܠܐ ܘܫܕܪ ܠܡܥܪܒܐ. ܘܟܒܫܘ ܠܡܪܕܐ ܘܠܐܡܕ. ܘܠܡܝܦܪܩܛ ܘܠܐܘܪܗܝ.

     Then Khusrow swept together an army and encroached upon the lands of the Byzantines. He appointed two commanders whom he sent to the West, and they pressed upon Mardin, ʾAmed, Mayparqeṭ and Urfa.

Derived terms

• ܐܡܕܝܐ (ʾameḏāyā, “of Amed”)

References

• “ˀmdy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Lipiński, Edward (2001) The Aramaeans. Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 100), 2nd edition, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, pages 150–153
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D.‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 19a