ܙܡܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمْر (zamr) and Hebrew זֶמֶר (zémer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [z(ə)mɑrɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. song, singing
  2. music
  3. revelling, carousing
  4. feast
Inflection

Etymology 2

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّار (zammār) and Hebrew זַמָּר (zammār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zammɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zammɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܡܪܬܐ)

  1. singer, musician
  2. psalmist
Inflection

Adjective

ܙܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) ? (plural {{{2}}})

  1. steel grey[1]

References

  1. Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
  • zmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 89b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
  • 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, page 387a

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