zʾhl

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐫉𐫍𐫡 (zhr /⁠zahr⁠/) — Manichaean

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ǰaθráH, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Cognate with Central Kurdish ژەھر (jehir), Lurish ژںر (jər) and Old Armenian ժահր (žahr), an Iranian borrowing.

Noun

zʾhl • (zahr)

1. poison

Descendants

• Persian: زهر (zahr) (see there for further descendants)
• → Classical Syriac: ܙܗܪܐ (zahrāʾ)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973), “ժահր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 221
• Cabolov, R. L. (2010), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 533
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 156
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 97