Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Compare Hebrew זוֹם (zōm).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܙܘܡܐ (zōmām (plural ܙܘܡܐ (zōmē))

  1. sauce, broth, juice
  2. liquid, fluid
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zumɑ], [zɑwmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zume], [zɑwme] (plural)

Noun edit

ܙܘܡܐ (zawmā, zūmām (plural ܙܘܡܐ (zawmā, zūmā))

  1. snout
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Persian *zum. Compare from Middle Persian *zumag Arabic زُمَّج (zummaj), Chagatai زمج (zummaj, steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis) known from the Bāburnāma and metathetical Hindi जुमिज़ (jumiz, steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis; eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zumɑ], [zɑwmɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zume], [zɑwme] (plural)

Noun edit

ܙܘܡܐ (zawmā, zūmām (plural ܙܘܡܐ (zawmā, zūmā))

  1. kind of bird of prey, (possibly) lammergeier
Inflection edit

References edit

  • zwm3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • zwm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • zwm2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-03
  • Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 192b
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 86a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 113a, 624b
  • 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 373a