ܙܗܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܙ-ܗ-ܪ
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [z(ə)hɑrɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [z(ə)hɑre] (plural)

Noun

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ܙܗܪܐ (zəhārām (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zəhārē))

  1. caution, wariness, circumspection
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Etymology 2

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Root
ܙ-ܗ-ܪ
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Compare Arabic زَهْر (zahr) and Hebrew זֹהַר (zṓhar), and a variant conserved in Classical Syriac ܨܗܪܘܐ (ṣəharwā, ṣəhērwā, ṣəhārwā, hemlock).

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Noun

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ܙܗܪܐ (zahrām (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zahrē))

  1. light, brightness, brilliance, flashing, splendour
  2. (botany) fully-bloomed flower
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (zʾhl /⁠zahr⁠/). Compare Persian زهر (zahr).

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Noun

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ܙܗܪܐ (zahrām (plural ܙܗܪܐ (zahrē))

  1. poison, venom
    Synonym: ܣܡܐ
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Further reading

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  • zhr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • zhr3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • zhr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • zhr4”, 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 85
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 111b
  • 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 368b