ساجور

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܣܳܓܽܘܪܳܐ (sāgūrā, “enclosure; chain for the neck”). The Syriac is

1. either from ܣܓܰܪ (sgar, “to close, to shut up”) which possibly corresponds to Arabic شَجَرَ (šajara, “to tie up”)
2. or from Akkadian 𒄑𒋛𒃻 (/⁠sigaru, šigaru⁠/, “neckstock, wooden collar”) from Sumerian 𒄑𒋛𒃻 (/⁠sigaru⁠/, “lock”) if the Sumerian is not from Akkadian, whence also the hapax Hebrew סוּגַר (sūgar, “neckstock”) Ezek 19:9 is said to be, which could however also be from Hebrew סָגַר (sāgar, “to close, to shut up”) which corresponds to Aramaic סְגַר / ܣܓܰܪ (sgar, “to close, to shut up”) and possibly Arabic شَجَرَ (šajara, “to tie up”). Compare Hebrew סָגוּר (sāgūr) Job 41:7; it is conceivable that
   1. only Hebrew סוּגַר (sūgar, “neckstock”) Ezek 19:9 is borrowed while the forms sāgūr are native Northwest Semitic or
   2. Hebrew סוּגַר (sūgar, “neckstock”) Ezek 19:9 is a misspelling of Hebrew סָגוּר (sāgūr) and all the Hebrew is native
   3. Hebrew סוּגַר (sūgar, “neckstock”) Ezek 19:9 is a misspelled *סִיגַר (*sīgar) borrowed from Akkadian and the forms sāgūr are native Northwest Semitic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saː.d͡ʒuːr/

Noun

سَاجُور • (sājūr) m (plural سَوَاجِير (sawājīr)) (obsolete)

1. dog collar

Declension

Declension of noun سَاجُور (sājūr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاجُور sājūr	السَّاجُور as-sājūr	سَاجُور sājūr
Nominative	سَاجُورٌ sājūrun	السَّاجُورُ as-sājūru	سَاجُورُ sājūru
Accusative	سَاجُورًا sājūran	السَّاجُورَ as-sājūra	سَاجُورَ sājūra
Genitive	سَاجُورٍ sājūrin	السَّاجُورِ as-sājūri	سَاجُورِ sājūri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَاجُورَيْن sājūrayn	السَّاجُورَيْن as-sājūrayn	سَاجُورَيْ sājūray
Nominative	سَاجُورَانِ sājūrāni	السَّاجُورَانِ as-sājūrāni	سَاجُورَا sājūrā
Accusative	سَاجُورَيْنِ sājūrayni	السَّاجُورَيْنِ as-sājūrayni	سَاجُورَيْ sājūray
Genitive	سَاجُورَيْنِ sājūrayni	السَّاجُورَيْنِ as-sājūrayni	سَاجُورَيْ sājūray
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَوَاجِير sawājīr	السَّوَاجِير as-sawājīr	سَوَاجِير sawājīr
Nominative	سَوَاجِيرُ sawājīru	السَّوَاجِيرُ as-sawājīru	سَوَاجِيرُ sawājīru
Accusative	سَوَاجِيرَ sawājīra	السَّوَاجِيرَ as-sawājīra	سَوَاجِيرَ sawājīra
Genitive	سَوَاجِيرَ sawājīra	السَّوَاجِيرِ as-sawājīri	سَوَاجِيرِ sawājīri

References

• “swgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “sgr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• H5462 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H5463 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• H5474 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 114
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 10
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ساجور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 285
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ساجور”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1308
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 15