ܙܢܩܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܙ-ܢ-ܩ
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From ܙܢܩ (zənaq, to cast out).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܙܢܩܐ (zənāqām (plural ܙܢܩܐ (zənāqē))

  1. (uncountable) archery
  2. (uncountable) shooting, throwing, casting (especially of arrows)
  3. (countable, astronomy) comet, meteor
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Etymology 2

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Root
ܙ-ܢ-ܩ
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From ܙܢܩ (zənaq, to bind).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܙܢܩܐ (zanqām (plural ܙܢܩܐ (zanqē))

  1. bit, bridle
Inflection
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Etymology 3

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A Northwestern Iranian borrowing equivalent to Persian زنخ (zanax).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܙܢܩܐ (zanqām (plural ܙܢܩܐ (zanqē))

  1. chin
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See also
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Etymology 4

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From the same Parthian source as Latin zancha. Also wholly borrowed as a compound in Classical Syriac ܒܪܙܢܩܐ (barzanqā, greave; bracelet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ܙܢܩܐ (zanqā, zānqām (plural ܙܢܩܐ (zanqē, zānqē))

  1. long boot
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References

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  • znq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • znq2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • znq3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 201b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 90a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 118b, 624b
  • 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 389b