ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯnahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܝܼܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܒܹܝܬ݂ܢܲܗܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (bēṯnahrawwāṯā)

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯ nahrīn), ܒܝܬ (bêṯ, “between”) (contraction of ܒܝܢܬ (baynāṯ)) + ܢܗܪܝܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”) (the absolute plural form of ܢܗܪܐ (nahrā)), referring to the Tigris and Euphrates, Literally, “between the rivers”, although the term encompasses land around the rivers as well.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [beːt.‿nah.riːn.]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [beːθ.‿nah.riːn.]

ܒܹܝܬ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ • (bēt nahrīn) f

1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)

• ܢܲܗܪܵܝܵܐ (nahrāyā, “Mesopotamian”)

• ܒܝܬܢܗܪܝܢ (bēṯnahrīn)

From ܒܹܝܬ (bēṯ, “between”) +‎ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ (nahrīn, “rivers”), literally “between the (two) rivers”, referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.

• IPA^(key): [be̝θˈnah.rin]

ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ • (bēṯ nahrīn) f

1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

   Synonyms: ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ (ʾārām nahrayn), ܒܝܬ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ (beṯ ʾārāmāye), ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (bēṯ nahrawwāṯā), ܡܨܥܬ ܢܗܪܘܬܐ (meṣʿaṯ nahrawwāṯā)

2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
3. Diyar Rabi'a

• “byt**nhryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 19 August 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 404b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 330a
• 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 142a