ܦܢܝܟܣ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܦܘܢܝܟܘܣ
• ܦܘܢܝܟܣ
• ܦܘܢܝܩܘܣ
• ܦܘܢܟܣ
• ܦܝܘܢܟܣ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix).

Pronunciation

Uncertain.

Noun

ܦܢܝܟܣ • (pnyks)

1. (mythology) phoenix
2. palm tree
3. kind of grass

References

• “pnyks”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-01-22
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 280a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 438a
• 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, p. 1207a