Hello!It has been a while since I've last posted in learnaramaic. So ,today I'am making a comeback with a short post as usual.The philosophy of this blog is to keep it simple so that learning does not become painful.Keep going through the archive to repeat stuff that you've learned.
So,today I have the first four numbers-1,2,3,4 in Classical Syriac Aramaic for you.
1 One is hadh (ܚܰܕ) written as (ܐ)
2 two is tren (ܬܪܶܝܢ) as in bed,the e being a long one.
3 three is tlotho (ܬܠܳܬܳܐ)
So,today I have the first four numbers-1,2,3,4 in Classical Syriac Aramaic for you.
1 One is hadh (ܚܰܕ) written as (ܐ)
2 two is tren (ܬܪܶܝܢ) as in bed,the e being a long one.
3 three is tlotho (ܬܠܳܬܳܐ)
4 Four is arb'o (ܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ)
And another variant of the numbers' names.
Take a look at the image below to see the transcription of the numbers in Syriac Estrangelo.
These are names of the numbers given above. Syriac uses the letters of the alphabet to denote numbers just like in Ancient Greek.
So number one (ĥad) would be written as alap (ܐ), number two-tren as beta (ܒ). Number three-tlotho as gamma (ܓ) and so on.
5 Five-khamsho (ܚܰܡܫܳܐ) written as (ܗ)
6 six- shto
7 seven - sav'o
8 eight - tmoyo
9 nine - tesh'o
10 ten -'esro
As you can see letters in Syriac are used as numbers like in many other ancient languages (Greek,Latin,etc).
For numbers higher than 400 decimals are used with a dot over them.
The letter alaph is used for a thousand. For two thousand either two alaphs are used or the letter beth.
Take for example the number 1965. It would be written as follows. The abbreviation symbol (horizontal l line) is used over numbers to tell them apart from regular letters.
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| 1965 |
And here are some numbers in Syriac Aramaic.
Sure, here are the numbers in Syriac with transliteration and translation:
1. ܐܝܟܢܐ (Aykana) - One
2. ܬܘܒܫܢܐ (Towshana) - Two
3. ܫܠܡܐ (Shalma) - Three
4. ܥܪܒܐ (Arba) - Four
5. ܪܒܐ (Raba) - Five
6. ܫܘܠܛܐ (Shuwelta) - Six
7. ܥܫܘܪܬܐ (Eshorta) - Seven
8. ܪܘܫܬܐ (Rwoshta) - Eight
9. ܩܪܝܢܐ (Qaryana) - Nine
10. ܐܪܒܝܢܐ (Arbayana) - Ten
Note that Syriac is written from right to left, and uses a different script than the Latin alphabet. The transliteration above is an approximation of the Syriac words using the Latin alphabet, and may not represent the exact pronunciation of the words.