ܙܪܘܒܕ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܙܘܪܒܕ (zurubāḏ), ܙܪܘܢܒܕ (zurunbāḏ), ܙܘܪܡܒܕ (zurembāḏ)

Etymology

From Middle Persian whence Persian زرنباد (zurunbād).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zurubɑð]

Noun

ܙܪܘܒܕ • (zurubāḏ) m

1. shampoo ginger, zerumbet (Zingiber zerumbet)

References

• “zrwbd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-21, glossed inexactly “ginger”
• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
• Lagarde, Paul de (1866) Gesammelte Abhandlungen (in German), Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, page 47 Nr. 116
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 139 Nr. 97
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) “ܙܪܘܒܕ”, in Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P.‎^[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 116a
• Payne Margoliouth, Jessie (1927) “ܙܘܪܒܕ”, in Supplement to the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, S.T.P.‎^[4], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 109a, where zerumbet and zedoary are confounded again
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) “ܙܘܪܒܕ”, in Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 1114
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) “ܙܪܘܢܒܕ”, in Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 1156