Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمْر (zamr) and Hebrew זֶמֶר (zémer).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܙܡܪܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. song, singing
  2. music
  3. revelling, carousing
  4. feast
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّار (zammār) and Hebrew זַמָּר (zammār).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܙܡܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܙܡܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܡܪܬܐ)

  1. singer, musician
  2. psalmist
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

ܙܡܪܐ (transliteration needed? (plural {{{2}}})

  1. steel grey[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
  • zmr”, 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 89b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 118a
  • 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 387a

Anagrams edit