אריסא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• אֲרִישָׁא (ʾărīšā) — Babylonian
• ࠀࠓࠉࠎࠀ — Samaritan
• ܐܪܝܣ (Christian Palestinian)

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒇽𒅕𒊑𒂊𒋗 (errēšu, “tenant farmer, cultivator”), occupational noun of 𒀳 (erēšu, “to till”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔăriːsɑ/

Noun

אֲרִיסָא • (ʾărīsā) m (plural אֲרִיסַיָּא (ʾărīsayyā))

1. tenant farmer

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِرِّيس (ʔirrīs, “tenant farmer”), pl. أَرَارِسَة (ʔarārisa)

References

• “ˀrys”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 128
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[1], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 49
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, pages 167b–168a