# ܝܠܕܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عِيَال (ʕiyāl, “children”). The form ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (yaldā) is a semantic matching with Classical Syriac, and may be considered a separate word as a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac. This written form displaced the early form ܐܝܵܠܵܐ (īyālā) written in early 17-18th century texts. This as such accounts for an initial /ʔ/ still maintained in some dialects, and has largely displaced the native ܝܲܠܘܼܕ݂ܵܐ (yalūḏā).

#### Alternative forms

* (archaic) ܐܝܵܠܵܐ (īyālā)

#### Pronunciation

* ܝܲܠܕܵܐ:
** (Standard) IPA: [jal.dɑː]
** (Urmia) IPA: [jal.dɑː]
* ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ:
** (Urmia) IPA: [jɑːlɑː]

#### Noun

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ or ܝܵܠܵܕ݇ܐ • (yaldā or yālā) m (plural ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē), feminine ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā))
* a boy, male child
    ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܟܹܐ ܪܵܒ݂ܹܐ، ܝܲܠܕܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܦܵܐܹܫ ܓܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ.īman d-kē rāḇē, yaldā bit pāˀēš gaḇrā.When he grows up, the boy will become a man.
* (in the plural) children, descendants, offspring, brood
    ܟܡܵܐ ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ؟kmā yaldē īṯ lāwḵōn?How many children do you have?

##### Usage notes

* The plural is used to refer to children or offspring of mixed or indifferent sex while ܒܢܘܿܢܹ̈ܐ (bnōnē) is used to specify male offspring.
* This word is masculine and refers to children of either sex. A feminine form does not exist in many dialects, but in some dialects the word ܝܲܠܕܬܵܐ (yaldtā) is used to refer to girls instead. Thus, in these dialects that employ a feminine form, the masculine singular form is strictly for a male child.

##### Synonyms

* ܒܪܘܿܢܵܐ (brōnā, “son”), ܫܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (šaḇrā, “child”), ܥܠܲܝܡܵܐ (ˁlaymā, “youth”)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Aramaic יַלְדָּא (yalədā), from Proto-Semitic *walad-; compare Arabic وَلَد (walad), Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéled) and Persian یلدا (yaldâ).

#### Noun

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) m (plural ܝܲܠܕܹ̈ܐ (yaldē))
* birth, childbirth, delivery, nativity

##### Derived terms

* ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܝܲܠܕܵܐ (bēṯ yaldā, “birthday, Christmas”)

#### Proper noun

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) m
* a male given name
* a surname transferred from the given name

##### Derived terms

* ܝܲܠܕܘܿ (yaldō) (diminutive)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian يلدا, itself originally an Aramaic borrowing from the above term.

#### Proper noun

ܝܲܠܕܵܐ • (yaldā) f
* Yalda (Iranian festival celebrated during the winter solstice)
* a female given name, Yalda, from Persian

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *walad-. Compare Arabic وَلَد (walad) and Hebrew יֶלֶד (yéleḏ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Edessan) IPA: [ˈjal.dɑ]
* (Eastern Syriac) IPA: [ˈjal.dɑ]
* (Western Syriac) IPA: [ˈjɑl.do]

### Noun

ܝܠܕܐ • (yaldā) m (plural ܝܠܕܐ (yaldē))
* birth, childbirth, delivery, nativity
* birthday
* (astrology) horoscope
* offspring, brood
* (in the plural) children, descendants
* descent, generation
* inhabitant, resident
* produce, fruit
** Peshitta, Matthew 26:29:
    ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܝܢ: ܕܠܐ ܐܫܬܐ ܡܢ ܗܫܐ ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܝܠܕܐ ܕܓܦܬܐ: ܥܕܡܐ ܠܝܘܡܐ ܕܒܗ ܐܫܬܝܘܗܝ ܥܡܟܘܢ ܚܕܬܐ. ܒܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܒܝ.ʾāmar [ʾĕ]nā ləḵōn dên, də-lā ʾeštē men hāšā men hānā yaldā ḏa-ḡəp̄ettā, ʿəḏammā lə-yawmā ḏə-ḇēh ʾeštīw[hy] ʿamḵōn ḥa[d]ṯā bə-malkūṯēh ḏə-ʾāḇ[y]But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

#### Descendants

* → Persian: یلدا (yaldâ)

### References

* “yld”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-08
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 140b–141a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 192a
* 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, pages 573a–b