ܨܗܝܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyōn), perhaps influenced by ܨܗܝܘܬܐ (ṣahyūṯā, “thirst”).

Proper noun

ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ • (ṣɛhyōn)

1. Zion

Descendants

• → Arabic: صِهْيُون (ṣihyūn)

References

• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 474
• Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000) Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 826