ܓܒܪܐ ܫܠܡܐ

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ɡaw.rɑː‿ʃal.mɑː]

ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ • (gaḇrā šalmā) m (plural ܓܲܒ݂ܪܹ̈ܐ ܫܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (gaḇrē šalmē), feminine ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܬ݂ܵܐ (baḵtā šalmṯā))

1. adult (fully grown human, or human who has reached the legal age of majority)

   ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܝܫܹܬ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܵܛܹܝܬ ܠܬܡܵܢܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ.

   at bit pāyšēt gaḇrā šalmā īman d-māṭēt l-tmānaˁisrē šinnē.

   You become an adult when you turn eighteen.

• In colloquial Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the plural ܐ݇ܢܵܫܹ̈ܐ ܫܲܠܡܹ̈ܐ (nāšē šalmē) is used to refer to adults of mixed or unknown sex.
• This noun is used specifically for men. For general use that includes male animals, the noun ܕܸܟ݂ܪܵܐ ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (diḵrā šalmā), or simply the adjective ܫܲܠܡܵܐ (šalmā) is used.