ܐܡܒܪ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”); compare Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from which the alternative Syriac forms ܥܡܒܪ (ʿambar) and ܥܢܒܪ (ʿanbar) are derived.

Alternative forms

• ܥܡܒܪ (ʿambar)
• ܥܢܒܪ (ʿanbar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔam.bar]

Noun

ܐܡܒܪ • (ʾambar) m

1. amber
2. ambergris

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔamˈbɑr]

Noun

ܐܡܒܪ • (transliteration needed)

1. absolute singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ
2. construct state singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ

References

• “ˀmbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 257b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 416b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pp. 53a, 1114b