ܬܙܐ

From Persian ⁧تازه⁩ (tâze, “fresh, new”); compare also borrowed into Arabic ⁧طازَج⁩ (ṭāzaj), Armenian թազա (tʿaza), Turkish taze.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tɑːzɑː]

⁧ܬܵܙܵܐ⁩ • (tāzā)

1. fresh, just, now, recently; just recently; most recently

   ⁧ܠܵܐ ܡܲܣܩܸܕܸܬ ܠܝܼ ܐܵܕܝܼܵܐ، ܐܵܢܵܐ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܕܝܼܪܵܐ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ.⁩

   lā masqiddit lī ādīyā, ānā tāzā ìwen dīrā baytā.

   Don’t annoy me now, I just got back home.

   ⁧ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒܸܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܗܘܿܢ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ؟ ܐܵܢܝܼ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܙܒ݂ܝܼܢ̈ܘܿܗ̇.⁩

   kē maḥḥibit lāh raddāythōn ḥdattā? ānī tāzā ìnā zḇīnōh.

   Do you like their new car? They just bought it.

2. newborn
   • 1 Peter 2:2:

     ⁧ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܝܲܠܕܘܼܕܹ̈ܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܝܼܹܐ، ܫܲܗܘܸܬܘܼܢ ܠܗܹܡܸܙܡܵܢ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܕܠܚܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ ܨܸܦܝܵܐ ܕܒܝܼܹܗ ܓܲܪܘܸܣܝܼܬܘܿܢ ܠܦܘܼܪܩܵܢܵܐ،⁩

     ayḵ yaldūdē zˁōrē tāzā wīyē, šahwitūn l-hēmizmān ayḵ d-l-ḥalḇā ṣipyā d-bīyēh garwisītōn l-purqānā,

     as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,

• This is an adverb usually translated as “fresh” or “recently”, but can also be colloquially used as a pseudo-noun or adjective.

  ⁧ܗ̇ܘ ܬܵܙܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܕܗ̇ܘ ܫܘܼܠܵܐ.⁩ ― awa tāzā ìlēh l-d-awa šūlā. ― He is new at this job.

  • For specifically an adjective for “new” or “fresh”:
    • English new as in recently made or recently appeared would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ⁧ܚܲܕܬܵܐ⁩ (ḥadtā).
    • English recent as in having happened a short while ago would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjective ⁧ܫܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ⁩ (šārwāyā)
    • English fresh as in new, clean, of produce or not from storage would usually be translated to Assyrian with the adjectives ⁧ܪܲܛܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ⁩ (raṭīḇā) or ⁧ܪܲܓ݂ܝܼܵܐ⁩ (raḡīyā).
    • English fresh as in “fresh water” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ⁧ܡ̈ܝܼܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܹ̈ܐ⁩ (mīyā ḥilyē)
    • English fresh as in “fresh air” would usually be translated to Assyrian as ⁧ܗܵܘܵܐ ܗܲܢܝܼܐܵܐ⁩ (hāwā hanīˀā), ⁧ܗܵܘܵܐ ܒܲܣܝܼܡܵܐ⁩ (hāwā basīmā) or ⁧ܗܵܘܵܐ ܕܸܟ݂ܝܵܐ⁩ (hāwā diḵyā)