ܣܦܣܪܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sifsīr). Compare Persian سمسار (simsār) and Arabic سِمْسَار (simsār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [safsɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [safsɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܣܦܣܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܣܦܣܪܐ)

  1. broker, agent, middleman
  2. huckster
  3. gabble, foolish talk
  4. fable, fiction
Inflection

Etymology 2

Noun

ܣܦܣܪܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܣܦܣܪܐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
Inflection

References

  • spsr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 234a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 386a
  • 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. 1033a
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