Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛzzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɛzze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܙܐ)

1. (anatomy) nipple, teat, breast
2. (pathology) ulcers on the skin of the cornea
3. (figuratively, in the plural) mountains

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭠𐭦 ‎(bāz). Compare Arabic بَاز ‎(bāz) and Hebrew בַּז ‎(baz).

Alternative forms

• ܒܙܝ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [bɑze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܙܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܒܙܐ)

1. hawk, falcon

Inflection

References

• “bz”, 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. 27a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 40a
• 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. 132b