ܙܝܢܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܝ ܢ (z y n)
2 terms

From Aramaic זַיְנָא (zaynā), borrowed from Old Iranian *zaina-; compare Hebrew זַיִן (záyin), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (zaēna, “weapon”), Middle Persian 𐫉𐫏𐫗 (zyn /⁠zēn⁠/, “weapon; armor”), Old Armenian զէն (zēn) (a loanword). The sense of “semicolon” is a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

(Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈzaj.nɑː] (in the singular)
- IPA^(key): [ˈzaj.neː] (plural)

ܙܲܝܢܵܐ • (zaynā) m sg (plural ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē))

Inflection of ܙܲܝܢܵܐ (zaynā)

ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ • (zaynē) m pl

(symbol) ( ؛‎ )
(Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šwayyē, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “parenthesis, bracket”), ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}

Borrowed from Old Iranian *zaina-. Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (zaēna, “weapon”), Middle Persian 𐫉𐫏𐫗 (zyn /⁠zēn⁠/, “weapon; armor”), and the loaned Old Armenian զէն (zēn); see the latter for more.

ܙܝܢܐ • (zaynā) m (plural ܙܝܢܐ (zaynē))

inflection of ܙܝܢܐ

“zyn²”, 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 87b
Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115a
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 378b