Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• (uncontracted form) ܙܢܓܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaɡɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zaɡɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܓܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܙܓܐ)

1. cymbal, bell
2. mortar (used with a pestle)

Inflection

See also

• ܢܩܘܫܐ

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian zʾtk' ‎(zādag) or zhk' ‎(zahag). Compare also Old Armenian ձագ ‎(jag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɑ(ɡ)ɡɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [zɑ(ɡ)ɡe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܓܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܙܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܓܬܐ)

1. chick (young chicken)

Inflection

References

• “zg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 84a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 110a
• 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. 364a-b