Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܥ-ܙ-ܪ (ʿ-z-r) related to swaddling.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʕazrurɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʕazrure(ʔ)], [ʕazrurjɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܥܙܪܘܪܐ (ʿazrūrām (plural ܥܙܪܘܪܝܬܐ or ܥܙܪܘܪܐ)

  1. swathe, band
  2. (in the plural) swaddling clothes

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • ˁzrwr”, 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 250a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 409a
  • 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 1091a