ܩܛܪܐ

From Arabic قِطَار‎ (qiṭār).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [qtˤɑːɾɑː]

ܩܛܵܪܵܐ • (qṭārā) m or f (plural ܩܛܵܪܹ̈ܐ (qṭārē))

1. train (mechanical vehicle carrying a large number of passengers along a designated track)

   ‏ܚܲܒ݂ܪܝܼ ܒܸܬ ܫܵܩܹܠ ܩܛܵܪܵܐ ܕܢܵܦܹܩ ܡ̣ܢ ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐ ܒܛܲܗܪܵܐ.‎‎

   ḥaḇrī bit šāqēl qṭārā d-nāpēq min nīnwē b-ṭahrā.

   My friend will take the train that leaves from Nineveh at midday.

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic speakers sometimes treat this term as if it were grammatically female, because vehicles such as ܪܲܕܵܝܬܵܐ‎ (raddāytā, “car”) or ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ‎ (ṭayyāstā, “airplane”) are usually grammatically feminine.

ܩܛܵܪܵܐ • (qṭārā) m (plural ܩܛܵܪܹ̈ܐ (qṭārē))

1. verbal noun of ܩܵܛܹܪ‎ (qāṭēr) binding, knotting, tying