ܥܪܙܠܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Two possibilities:

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʕarˈzɑ.lɑ]
  • (Eastern Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕarˈzɑ.lɑ]
  • (Western Syriac) IPA(key): [ʕɑrˈzo.lo]

Noun[edit]

ܥܪܙܠܐ (ʿarzālā, ʿerzālām (plural ܥܪܙܠܐ (ʿarzālē, ʿerzālē))

  1. hut made from interwoven branches; stall, booth, lodge
    • Peshitta, Isaiah 1:8:
      ܘܐܫܬܚܪܬ ܒܪܬ ܨܗܝܘܢ: ܐܝܟ ܡܛܠܬܐ ܒܟܪܡܐ: ܘܐܝܟ ܥܪܙܠܐ ܒܡܩܛܝܐ: ܘܐܝܟ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܚܒܝܫܬܐ.
      wə-ʾeštaḥraṯ ba[r]ṯ ṣehyōn, ʾāḵ məṭalləṯā ḇə-ḵarmā, wə-ʾāḵ ʿarzālā ḇə-maqṭəyā, wə-ʾāḵ məḏī[n]tā ḥəḇīštā.
      And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
  2. scarecrow

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Descendants[edit]

  • Arabic: عِرْزَال (ʕirzāl)

References[edit]

  • ˁrzl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-07-23
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 263b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 428a
  • 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 1137a-b