ܟܝܡܝܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • ܟܝܡܝܐܐ‎
  • ܟܝܡܝܢ‎

Etymology

From Arabic كِيمِيَاء‎ (kīmiyāʾ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kimi(j)ɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܟܝܡܝܐ • (transliteration needed) f (uncountable)

  1. alchemy
  2. chemistry

References
  • “kymyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 213a
  • 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, p. 619b
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