חזירא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܚܙܝܪܐ

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒍣𒊏 (ḫuzīru), Hebrew חזיר (hazír), Arabic خِنْزِير (ḵinzīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħzirɑʔ/

Noun

חזירא • (ħzīrā’) m (plural חזירא, singular feminine counterpart חזירתא)

1. pig, swine, hog

References

• “ḥzyr”, 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
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press