אבזרא
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 ʾaḇizrā) m (plural אֲבִזְרֵי (ʾaḇizrē))
- instrument, appurtenance
- anything used for seasoning; spices, etc.
Descendants edit
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