Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ywc (/⁠yōz⁠/) and see there for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jozɑ(ʔ)], [jawzɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

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ܝܘܙܐ (yōzāʾ, yawzāʾm (plural ܝܘܙܘܬܐ)

  1. cheetah, leopard, panther

Inflection

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References

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  • ywzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-21
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 189b
  • 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. 568b