ܐܪܙܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic أَرْز (ʾarz), Hebrew אֶרֶז (ʾérez), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎗𐎇 (ảrz), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַרְזָא (ʾarzā), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארזא (/⁠*ʾarzā⁠/), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܪܙܐ (/⁠*ʾarzā⁠/), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ), all meaning cedar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔarzɑ] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [ʔarze] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzām (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzē))

  1. cedar
  2. pine
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀 (ʾrzʾ, mystery), Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (lʾc /⁠rāz⁠/), Persian راز (rāz), Hebrew רָז (rāz), Old Armenian երազ (eraz).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(ʔə)rɑzɑ] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "singular" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): [(ʔə)rɑze] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "plural" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzām (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzē))

  1. secret, mystery
  2. anything having a secret or mystical meaning; type, figure, sign, symbol, likeness
  3. allegory
  4. agreement, council
  5. (religion) sacrament, rite
Inflection

References

  • ˀrz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • rz”, 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 342b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 28a
  • 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, pages 1424a–b