ܨܗܝܘܢ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ (ṣɛhyōn)

  1. Zion

Descendants[edit]

  • Arabic: صِهْيُون (ṣihyūn)

References[edit]

  • 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