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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”); compare Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from which the alternative Syriac forms ܥܡܒܪ (ʿambar) and ܥܢܒܪ (ʿanbar) are derived.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܡܒܪ • (ʾambar) m
- amber
- ambergris
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ܐܡܒܪ • (transliteration needed)
- absolute singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ
- construct state singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ
References
- “ˀmbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 257b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 416b
- 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, pp. 53a, 1114b