חזירתא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܚܙܝܪܬܐ

Etymology

Compare Akkadian 𒄷𒆰𒌈 (ḫuzīrtu), Hebrew חזירה (hazīráh), Arabic خِنْزِيرَة (ḵinzīra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħzirtɑʔ/

Noun

חזירתא • (ħzīrtā’) f (plural חזירתא, singular masculine counterpart חזירא)

1. pig, swine, sow

References

• “ḥzyrh”, 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