Classical Syriac

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Etymology 1

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Assumed to be a contraction of ܒܪ ܙܪܥܐ (bar zarʿāʾ), from ܒܪ (bar, son of) + ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿāʾ, a seed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bazrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bazre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܒܙܪܐ (bazrām (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

  1. (botany) seed
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Descendants
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  • Arabic: بَزْر (bazr)

Etymology 2

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From Middle Persian *abēzārēh.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɛzzɑrɑ(ʔ)], [b(ə)zɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛzzɑre(ʔ)], [b(ə)zɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

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ܒܙܪܐ (bezzārā, bəzārām (plural ܒܙܪܐ)

  1. document, written record
  2. letter of authority
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References

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  • bzr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • bzr2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 92b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 40b
  • 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, page 134b