# ܝܪܚܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology

From Aramaic יַרְחָא (yarḥā), from Proto-Semitic *warḫ-; compare Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yaréakh, “moon”), Akkadian 𒌚 (warḫum, “month”) and Arabic تَارِيخ (tārīḵ, “date, history”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [jar.xɑː]
* (Nineveh Plains) IPA: [jar.xɑː]

### Noun

ܝܲܪܚܵܐ • (yarḥā) m sg (plural ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ (yarḥē))
* month (A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.)
    ܟܠ ܫܹܢ݇ܬ ܢܝܼܣܵܢ ܝܼܠܹܗ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐkul šēt nīsān īlēh yarḥā brīḵāEvery year April is a blessed month.
    ܒܡܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܬܠܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܚܙܘܼܩܝܵܐ.bmitḥā dtlāṯā yarḥē bit āzaḥ ḥzuqyā.We’re going on a trip for three months.
** Luke 1:36:
    ܘܗܵܐ ܐܘܼܦ ܐܹܠܝܼܫܒ݂ܲܥ ܚܸܙܡܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܛܝܼܢܬܵܐ ܝܠܵܗ̇ ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ ܒܣܲܝܒܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ، ܘܐܵܗܵܐ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܐܸܫܬܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܗ̇ܝ ܕܟܹܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܥܩܲܪܬܵܐ.w-hā ūp ēlīšḇaˁ ḥizmāḵ bṭīntā ìlāh brōnā b-saybūṯā, w-āhā yarḥā d-ištā ìlēh l-aya d-kē pāyšā qrīṯā ˁqartā.Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.

#### Hyponyms

Gregorian calendar months in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܝܲܪ̈ܚܹܐ ܕܣܘܼܪܓܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܵܘܠܵܕ݂ܵܝܵܐ (yarḥē d-surgāḏā māwlāḏāyā) (layout · text) :
| January | February | March | April |
| ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (kānōn trayyānā) | ܫܒ݂ܵܛ (šḇāṭ) | ܐܵܕ݂ܵܪ (āḏār) | ܢܝܼܣܵܢ (nīsān) |
| May | June | July | August |
| ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyār) | ܚܙܝܼܪܵܢ (ḥzīrān) | ܬܵܡܘܿܙ (tāmōz) | ܐܵܒ (āb), ܛܲܒܵܚ (ṭabbāḥ) |
| September | October | November | December |
| ܐܝܼܠܘܿܠ (īlōl) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (tišrīn qammāyā) | ܬܸܫܪܝܼܢ ܬܪܲܝܵܢܵܐ (tišrīn trayyānā) | ܟܵܢܘܿܢ ܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܵܐ (kānōn qammāyā) |

#### Coordinate terms

* ܣܘܼܪܓܵܕܵܐ (surgādā, “calendar”), ܝܵܘܡܵܐ (yāwmā, “day”), ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šāḇōˁā, “week”), ܐܸܩܡܵܐ (iqmā, “season”), ܫܹܢ݇ܬܵܐ (šēttā, “year”)

#### Derived terms

* ܒܲܪ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (bar yarḥā, “month-old”)
* ܝܲܪܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yarḥūṯā, “monthly cycle”)
* ܝܲܪܚܘܿܢܵܐ (yarḥōnā, “little month”)
* ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ܕܕܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ (yarḥā d-diḇšā, “honeymoon”)
* ܝܲܪܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (yarḥāˀīṯ, “monthly”)
* ܝܲܪܚܵܝܵܐ (yarḥāyā, “monthly”)
* ܪܹܝܫ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ (rēš yarḥā, “new moon”)

### References

* “ܝܲܪܚܵܐ”, in Sureth Dictionary, Association Assyrophile de France, (Can we date this quote?)

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *warḫ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jarħɑ] (in the singular)
* IPA: [jarħe] (in the plural)

### Noun

ܝܪܚܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܪܚܐ)
* month

#### Derived terms

* ܝܪܚܘܢܐ
* ܝܪܚܘܬܐ
* ܝܪܚܢܐܝܬ
* ܝܪܚܢܝܐ
* ܪܝܫ ܝܪܚܐ

### References

* “yrḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 145a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 197a–b
* 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, page 584a

## Turoyo
### Etymology

From Aramaic ܝܪܚܐ (yarḥā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (singular) /jarħo/
* IPA: (plural) /jarħe/

### Noun

ܝܰܪܚܳܐ • (yarḥo) m (plural ܝܰܪܚܶܐ (yarḥe))
* month

#### See also

* ܫܰܬܳܐ (šato, “year”)
* ܫܰܒܬ݂ܳܐ (šabṯo, “week”)
* ܝܰܘܡܳܐ (yawmo, “day”)
* ܣܰܥܰܐ (saca, “hour”), ܫܳܥܬ݂ܳܐ (šocṯo, “hour”)
* ܕܰܩܩܰܐ (daqqa, “minute”), ܩܰܛܷܢܬܳܐ (qaṭënto, “minute”)
* ܨܰܢܝـܝܶܐ (ṣaniye, “second”), ܪܦܳܦܳܐ (rfofo, “second”)