ישפה

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • Syriac: ܝܫܦܗ‎

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒅀𒀸𒁍 (/yašpû/, “name of a stone”), ultimately a foreign loan from an unknown source; cognate with Persian یشپ‎ (yašp) and English jasper.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaʃpeh/

Noun

ישפה • (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. jasper

References
  • “yšph”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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