חזירא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Hebrew חזיר (hazír), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħzirɑʔ/

Noun

חזירא • (ħzīrā’) m (plural חזירא, singular feminine counterpart חזירתא)

  1. pig, swine, hog

References
  • “ḥzyr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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