ܐܡܒܪ
Classical Syriac
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”); compare Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from which the alternative Syriac forms ܥܡܒܪ (ʿambar) and ܥܢܒܪ (ʿanbar) are derived.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܐܡܒܪ • (ʾambar) m
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ܐܡܒܪ • (transliteration needed)
References
[edit]- “ˀmbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 257b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 416b
- 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, pp. 53a, 1114b