ܙܡܪܬܐ

Feminine active noun of the verb ܙܵܡܸܪ (zāmir, “to sing”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [zammɑrtɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zamartɑː]

ܙܲܡܵܪܬܵܐ • (zammārtā) f (plural ܙܲܡܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zammārāṯā), masculine ܙܲܡܵܪܵܐ (zammārā))

1. singer, musician

Instance noun of the verb ܙܵܡܸܪ (zāmir, “to sing”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [zmaːrtaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [zmarta]

ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ • (zmārtā) f (plural ܙܡܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zmārāṯā) or ܙܡܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zmāryāṯā))

1. instance of singing
2. manner of singing
3. song

   Synonyms: ܙܸܡܘܿܪܬܵܐ (zimōrtā), ܙܡܝܼܪܬܵܐ (zmīrtā)

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّارَة (zammāra) and Hebrew זַמֶּרֶת (zamméreṯ).

• IPA^(key): [zammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

ܙܡܪܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܙܡܪܐ)

1. singer, musician
2. psalmist

• “zmrh”, 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, p. 89b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 387a