ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ

Classical Mandaic

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
    Aramaic אדם (adám)
    Classical Mandaic ࡀࡃࡀࡌ (adam /⁠ɔdam⁠/)
    Proto-Afroasiatic *ruub-
    Proto-Semitic *rabb-
    Aramaic ךבּא
    Classical Mandaic ࡓࡁࡀ (rba /⁠rabbɔ⁠/)
    Classical Mandaic ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ (adam rba)

    From ࡀࡃࡀࡌ (adam /⁠ɔdam⁠/, “Adam”) + ࡓࡁࡀ (rba /⁠rabbɔ⁠/, “great”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.dam ˈrab.bɔ/
    • Rhymes: -abbɔ

    Proper noun

    ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡓࡁࡀ (adam rba /ɔdam rabbɔ⁠/)

    1. (Mandaeism) a concept in Mandarism, “Great Adam”, which represents ࡍࡉࡔࡉࡌࡕࡀ (nišimta, “soul”) or ࡌࡀࡍࡀ (mana, “mind”) in humans, which has to be saved or rescued from ࡐࡀࡂࡓࡀ (pagra, “body”) and ࡕࡉࡁࡉࡋ (tibil, “the world”).
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