ܙܝܙܢܐ

From Sumerian 𒍩 (zizān, “wheat; emmer wheat”).

• IPA^(key): [zizɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zizɑne] (plural)

ܙܝܙܢܐ • (zīzānā) m (plural ܙܝܙܢܐ (zīzānē))

1. weed, tare, darnel
2. (figuratively) wicked man

This word is usually found in the plural.

• ܙܝܙܢܘܬܐ (zīzānūṯā)

• → Arabic: زِيزَان (zīzān)
• → Ancient Greek: ζιζάνιον (zizánion) (see there for further descendants)

• “zyzn”, 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 87b
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 133–134
• Löw, Immanuel (1896) “Bemerkungen zu ‚Schwally’s Idioticon‘”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 10, page 137
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 723–729
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115a
• 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 378a