ܥܐܕ ܡܘܠܕܐ

Literally, “Feast of birth”, calque of Arabic عِيد مِيلَاد (ʕīd mīlād); compare the native synonym ܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܐ (bêṯ yaldā) used in Classical Syriac.

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʕeːð‿mɑw.lɑːðɑ]

ܥܹܐܕ݂ ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ • (ˁēḏ mawlāḏā) m (plural ܥܹܐܕ݂ܲܝ̈ ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁēḏay mawlāḏā))

2. birthday (anniversary of the day on which a person was born, typically treated as an occasion for celebration and the giving of gifts)

   ܥܹܐܕ݂ ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ! ― ˁēḏ mawlāḏōḵ brīḵā! ― Happy Birthday! (said to a man) (literally, “May your birthday be blessed!”)

• ܝܘܿܡ ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (yōm mawlāḏā, “day of birth”)
• ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡ ܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (sēqōm mawlāḏā, “date of birth”)
• ܥܹܐܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܡܲܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܐ (ˁēḏā d-mawlāḏā, “Christmas”, literally “feast of the nativity”)