ܙܪܕܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Old Iranian. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zarədā), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀 (zrāδa), Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Middle Persian zlyh (zrēy, zrēh), Persian زره (zere), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zar.dɑː]

Noun

ܙܲܪܕܵܐ • (zardā) m sg (plural ܙܲܪ̈ܕܹܐ (zardē))

  1. chain mail coat
Inflection

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian زرد (zard).

Pronunciation

  • (Urmian) IPA(key): [zar.de]

Adjective

ܙܲܪܕܹܐ • (zardē)

  1. (dialectal) yellow
    Synonyms: ܫܥܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ (šˁōṯā), ܙܵܪܓܵܐ (zārgā)

References

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Iranian. Compare Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זַרְדָּא (zarədā), Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬁𐬜𐬀 (zrāδa), Arabic زَرَد (zarad), Middle Persian zlyh (zrēy, zrēh), Persian زره (zere), Old Armenian զրահ (zrah).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zar(ə)dɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zar(ə)de] (plural)

Noun

ܙܪܕܐ • (zarədā) m (plural ܙܪܕܐ (zarədē))

  1. chain mail coat

Inflection

References

  • zrdˀ”, 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 92a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120b
  • 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 397a
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