ܐܪܙܐ

Classical Syriac

FWOTD – 27 November 2015

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] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʔarze] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzā) m (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

  • ܪܙܐ (rāzā), ܪܐܙܐ (rāzā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(ʔə)rɑzɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [(ʔə)rɑze] (plural)

Noun

ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzā) m (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, page 1424a–b
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