ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ

Literally, “House of prisoners”.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [beθː‿ʔas.siːreː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [betː‿ʔa.siːreː]

ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ • (bēṯ asīrē) m sg (plural ܒܵܬܲܝ̈ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ (bāttay asīrē))

1. prison, jail

   Synonym: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܚܒ݂ܘܼܫܝܵܐ (bēṯ ḥḇušyā)

   ܡܣܲܪܚܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܚܒ݂ܝܼܫܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܐܲܣܝܼܪܹ̈ܐ ܥܲܠ ܩܸܛܠܵܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ.

   msarḥānā pīšā ìwā ḥḇīšā gaw bēṯ asīrē ˁal qiṭlā d-ˁḇīḏā ìwā gaw mḏītā qām ḥḏā šētā.

   The criminal had been locked up in prison for a murder committed in the city a year ago.

From ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “house of”) +‎ ܐܣܝܪܐ (ʾassīrē, “prisoners”).

• IPA^(key): [be(j)θ ʔassire]

ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܝܬ ܐܣܝܪܐ or ܒܬܝ ܐܣܝܪܐ)

1. prison

• “byt**ˀsyrˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 16a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 43b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 145b