Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *zarnīk, from Old Iranian *zarniyaka-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-. Compare Arabic زِرْنِيخ (zirnīḵ) and Hebrew זַרְנִיךְ (zarnîḵ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (transliteration needed) m (uncountable)

  1. arsenic
  2. orpiment

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • zrnyk”, 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 92a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 121a
  • 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 399b