Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sifsīr). Compare Persian سمسار (semsâr) and Arabic سِمْسَار (simsār).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [safsɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [safsɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܦܣܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܣܦܣܪܐ)

  1. broker, agent, middleman
  2. huckster
  3. gabble, foolish talk
  4. fable, fiction
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ܣܦܣܪܐ (transliteration neededf (plural ܣܦܣܪܐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of ܣܦܣܝܪܐ
Inflection edit

References edit

  • spsr”, 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, p. 234a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 386a
  • 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. 1033a