ܫܘܝܐ

Compare Hebrew שָׁוֶה (shavé) and Arabic سَوِيّ (sawiyy). The sense of “colon” is a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā), its plural form; compare also borrowed into Hebrew שְׁוָא (shva), therefore cognate of English schwa and doublet of ܫܘܵܐ (šwā).

• ܫܲܘܝܵܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʃaw.jɑː]
  • (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ˈʃoːjɑː]
• ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ:
  • (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈʃəwaj.jeː]

ܫܲܘܝܵܐ • (šawyā) (feminine ܫܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šwīṯā), plural ܫܲܘܝܹ̈ܐ (šawyē))

1. equal, symmetrical, proportional, parallel

   Synonyms: ܡܠܲܚܡܵܐ (mlaḥmā), ܣܒܝܼܗܵܐ (sbīhā)

   ܟܠ ܚܲܕ݇ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܲܘܝܵܐ ܩܵܕ݇ܡ ܩܵܢܘܿܢܵܐ.

   kul ḥa ìlēh šawyā qām qānōnā.

   Everyone is equal before the law.

   ܟܠ ܙܵܘܝܵܬ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܼܨܹܐ ܫܲܘܝܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ.

   kul zāwyāṯē trīṣē šawyē ìnā.

   All right angles are equal.

2. (mathematics) equal, plane, level; smooth and even
3. (colloquial) deserving, worthy, worthwhile

• ܫܲܘܝܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (šawyāˀīṯ)
• ܫܲܘܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (šawyūṯā)

ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ • (šwayyē) m pl

1. (typography) shwayya, the sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence in the Syriac scripts
2. (typography, modern) colon

• (symbol) ( : )

• (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫ̈ܘܲܝܵܐ (šwayyā, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “bracket”), ܣܲܗܪܘܿܢܵܐ (sahrōnā, “parenthesis”), ܟܲܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kawḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}