ܫܘܫܢܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Egyptian



(zšn, lotus). Compare Akkadian 𒌑𒅆𒅖𒉡 (/šišnu/), Arabic سَوْسَن (sawsan), Hebrew שׁוֹשָׁן (šôšān), Persian سوسن (susan), Old Armenian շուշան (šušan), Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), and Georgian შროშანი (šrošani).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃuʃantɑ(ʔ)], [ʃawʃantɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܫܘܫܢܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܫܘܫܢܐ)

  1. lily

Inflection

See also

  • ܫܘܫܢ

References

  • šwšnh”, 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, p. 364a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 569b
  • 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. 1539a
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