ܝܬܘܡܐ

From Aramaic יַתְמָא‎ (yaṯmā), from Proto-Semitic *yatam- (“to be fatherless or without a guardian, to be without support of family or tribe, to be disenfranchised or alone”); compare Classical Syriac ܝܬܡܐ‎ (yaṯmā), Hebrew יָתוֹם‎ (yatóm), Phoenician 𐤉‬𐤕‬𐤌‬‎ (y‬t‬m‬), Arabic يَتِيم‎ (yatīm), Classical Mandaic ࡉࡀࡕࡉࡌࡀ‎ (yatima), Tigre ያፓም (yattam), and Ugaritic 𐎊𐎚𐎎 (ytm).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [yat.tuːmɑː]

ܝܲܬܘܼܡܵܐ • (yattūmā) m sg (plural ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ‎ (yattūmē), feminine ܝܲܬܘܼܡܬܵܐ‎ (yatūmtā))

1. orphan
   • James 1:27:

     ‏ܬܵܘܕܝܼܬܵܐ ܕܟ݂ܝܼܬܵܐ ܘܕܠܵܐ ܡܘܼܡܵܐ ܩܲܕ݇ܡ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܒܵܒܵܐ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇، ܕܐ݇ܢܵܫܵܐ ܬܵܦܹܩ ܒܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ ܘܐܲܪ̈ܡܸܠܝܵܬܹܐ ܒܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܝ̈ܗܝ، ܘܢܵܛܹܪ ܓܵܢܹܗ ܡ̣ܢ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܛܘܼܠܫܵܐ.‎‎

     tāwdītā dḵītā w-d-lā mūmā qam allāhā bābā āhā ìlāh, d-nāšā tāpēq b-yattūmē w-armilyātē b-ūlṣānāyh, w-nāṭēr gānēh min ˁālmā d-lā ṭūlšā.

     Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

• ܒܹܝܬ ܝܲܬܘܼܡܹ̈ܐ‎ (bēt yattūmē, “orphanage”)
• ܝܲܬܘܼܡܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (yatūmūtā, “orphanhood”)

ܝܲܬܘܼܡܵܐ • (yattūmā) ?

1. a surname