אשורית

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אשורית

/a.ʃuˈʁit/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

From אַשּׁוּר m (ashúr, ʾaššûr, “Assyria; Assyrian nation; Ashur, grandson of Noah”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), name of Assyria's original capital city, and its eponymous god.

adjective אַשּׁוּרִית · ashurít

feminine, indefinite, singular feminine singular indefinite form of אַשּׁוּרִי (ashurí).

noun אַשּׁוּרִית · ashurít · אַשּׁוּרִיּוֹת · אַשּׁוּרִי

historical Assyrian (a citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh)
Assyrian (a person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians) (female)

noun אַשּׁוּרִית · ashurít

no plural The Assyrian language.
no plural The square script

In English

Assyrian a person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river

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"אשורית." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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אשורית. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {אשורית},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}