ܒܙܐ

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Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic بز

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܙܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܙܐ)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

ܒܙܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܒܙܐ)

  1. hawk, falcon
    Synonym: ܢܨܐ
Inflection

Further reading

  • bz”, 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. 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