ܙܓܓܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Root
ܙ ܓ ܓ (z g g)
1 term

Occupational noun derived from ܙܓ݂ܘܿܓ݂ܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zḡōḡīṯā, glass); compare Arabic زَجَّاج (zajjāj) and Hebrew זַגָּג (zagag)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zaɡɡɑːɣɑː]

Noun

ܙܲܓܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (zaggāḡā) m sg (plural ܙܲܓܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zaggāḡē), feminine ܙܲܓܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ (zaggāḡtā))

  1. glassmaker, glazier

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ܙܲܓܵܓ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (zaggāḡūṯā)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܓ-ܓ (z-ɡ-ɡ) related to ringing, from ܙܓܐ (zaggā(ʾ), bell), from the earlier uncontracted form ܙܢܓܐ (zangā(ʾ)), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zang). Compare Persian زنگ (zang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)ɣɑɣɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)ɣɑɣe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܓܓܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܓܓܐ)

  1. ringing, resounding, buzzing, tingling (especially of the ears)
  2. (pathology) tinnitus

Inflection

Synonyms

References

  • zgg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 110a, 624b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 364b
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