ܙܢܓܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܙܘܢܓܪܐ (/⁠zwngrʾ⁠/)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *zngʾl (zangār). Compare Persian زنگار (zangâr) and Arabic زِنْجَار (zinjār) and see the former for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zanɡɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zanɡɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܢܓܪܐ • (zangārā) m (plural ܙܢܓܪܐ)

  1. verdigris, rust

Inflection

References

  • zngr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • 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 388a
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