𐤆𐤉𐤕

Phoenician

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew זַיִת (záyiṯ), a culture word.

Noun

𐤆𐤉𐤕 (zyt /*zayt/) m

1. either olives or their oil
   • 1962, Herbert Donner, Wolfgang Röllig, Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften (overall work in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, lines 6–7 of number 51 on page 14, from Egypt:

     𐤆𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤒𐤋 𐤘𐤛𐤚 𐤅𐤔𐤒𐤃𐤌
     𐤅𐤊𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤏𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤔𐤌𐤍

     zyt mšql [20][3][2] wšqdm
     wkmn wlʿrty ʿʿm wššmn

     olives of a weight of 25 and almonds
     and cumin and spread onto boards sesame

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) “ZT”, in Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 174