Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܒ-ܙ-ܙ (b-z-z) related to plundering. Compare Hebrew בִּזָּה (bizzâ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɛz(zə)θɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [bɛz(zə)θe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܒܙܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܒܙܬܐ)

  1. booty, spoil, plunder
  2. robbery, plundering
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Uncertain.

Noun edit

ܒܙܬܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܒܙܝܬܐ or ܒܙܬܐ)

  1. Alternative form of ܒܝܣܬܐ
Inflection edit

References edit

  • bzh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-03-31
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 27a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 135a