Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

A Middle Iranian borrowing equivalent to Persian ابزار (abzâr). Also in Classical Syriac ܐܒܙܪܐ (ʾaḇzārā, appurtenance).

Noun edit

אַבְזָרָא or אֲבִזְרָא / אֲבִיזְרָא (ʾaḇzārā or ʾaḇizrām (plural אֲבִזְרֵי (ʾaḇizrē))

  1. instrument, appurtenance
  2. anything used for seasoning; spices, etc.

Descendants edit

  • Hebrew: אַבְזָר (ʾaḇzā́r), אֲבִיזָר (ʾaḇizā́r)

See also edit

References edit

  • ˀbzr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 4b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 74b