ܡܝܠܛܐ

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܡܝܠܛܐ‎, from Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [miːleːtˤeː]

ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ • (mīlēṭē) f

1. Malta (A European country in the Mediterranean Sea; official name: Republic of Malta)
2. Malta (the largest island of the Maltese archipelago)
   • Acts 28:1:

     ‏ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܛܹܐ ܠܲܢ ܠܒܸܪܙܵܐ ܫܠܝܼܡܹ̈ܐ، ܝܕܝܼܥ ܠܲܢ ܕܗ̇ܝ ܓܵܙܲܪܬܵܐ ܦܵܝܫܵܐ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܩܪܝܼܬܵܐ ܡܝܼܠܹܛܹܐ.‎‎

     ‏īman d-mṭē lan l-birzā šlīmē, diʿ lan d-aya gāzartā pāyšā wā qrītā mīlēṭē.

     Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta.

• ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܝܵܐ‎ (mīlēṭāyā, “Maltese”)
• ܡܝܼܠܹܛܵܐܝܼܬ݂‎ (mīlēṭāˀīṯ, “Maltese language”)