ܣܕܝܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from the Middle Persian ancestor of Persian سندیان (sendiyân, kind of oak), potentially related to the term behind ܣܕܢܐ (saddānā, anvil), otherwise from the Semitic root ܣ-ܢ-ܕ (s-n-d) related to firmness and staying up. Compare Arabic سِندِيَان (sindiyān), Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒅔𒁕𒀀 (sindu, a tree).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɛðjɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɛðjɑne] (plural)

Noun

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ܣܕܝܢܐ (seḏyānām (plural ܣܕܝܢܐ (seḏyānē))

  1. oak, holm oak

Inflection

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References

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  • sdyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 220b
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 625
  • Löw, Immanuel (1909) “Lexikalische Miszellen”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volumes 2223, pages 286–290
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 72–73 Nr. 51
  • Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) “ܣܢܕܝܢܐ”, in Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2673
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 361b
  • 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 970b