ܝܢ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Northern Kurdish یان (yan); related to Persian یا (yâ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [jan.]
Conjunction
ܝܲܢ • (yan)
- Or
- ܡܲܕܢܚܵܐ ܝܲܢ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܐ ― madnḵā yan maʿrwā ― East or west
- ܒܹܐ݇ܬܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܲܢ ܠܵܐ؟ ― bētāyā ìlēh yan lā? ― Is he coming or not?
- ܒܹܐ݇ܙܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܐܸܕܝܵܘܡ ܝܲܢ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ؟
- bēzālā ìwet idyāwm yan qudmē?
- Are you going today or tomorrow?
- Romans 8:35:
- ܡܵܢܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܪܹܫ ܠܲܢ ܡ̣ܢ ܚܘܼܒܵܐ ܕܡܫܝܼܚܵܐ؟ ܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܥܵܘܩܵܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܪܕܘܼܦܝܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܟܸܦܢܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܫܘܼܠܚܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ، ܝܲܢ ܩܹܘܲܢܕܹܢܘܿܣ، ܝܲܢ ܣܲܝܦܵܐ؟
- mānī bit pārēš lan min ḵubbā d-mšīḵā? ulṣānā, yan ʿāwqānā, yan rdupyā, yan kipnā, yan šulḵāyutā, yan qēwandēros, yan saypā
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?