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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From Aramaic זָגָא (zāḡā, “chick”), from Middle Persian (zʾtk' /zādag/) or (zhk' /zahag/); compare also Old Armenian ձագ (jag).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܙܵܓ݂ܵܐ • (zāḡā) m (plural ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ (zāḡē), feminine ܙܵܓ݂ܬܵܐ (zāḡtā))
- offspring, young of an animal, especially chick
ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܐܲܪܝܵܐ ܗܵܕܘܿܣܹ̈ܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܚܵܕ݂ܸܪ̈ܘܵܢܗܘܿܢ.- zāḡē d-aryā hādōsē ìnā ˁal ˁālmā ḥāḏirwānhōn.
- The lion's young are curious about the world around them.
c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 21:5:ܐ݇ܡܘܿܪܘܼܢ ܠܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܕܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ، «ܗܵܐ ܡܲܠܟܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܹܐ݇ܬܵܝܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܠܟܸܣܠܵܟ݂ܝ، ܡܲܟܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ ܘܪܟ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܡܵܪܬܵܐ، ܘܥܲܠ ܓ̰ܲܥܫܵܐ ܙܵܓ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܕܚܡܵܪܬܵܐ».- mōrūn l-brātā d-ṣihyōn, “hā malkāḵ bētāyā ìlēh l-kislāḵ, makīḵā w-rḵīḇā ˁal ḥmārtā, w-ˁal jaˁšā zāḡē d-ḥmārtā”.
- Tell the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.”
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Classical Syriac
Etymology 1
From the earlier unassimilated form ܙܢܓܐ (zangā), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭭𐭢 (zang); compare Persian زنگ (zang).
- ܙܢܓܐ (zangā) (unassimilated form)
Pronunciation
Noun
ܙܓܐ • (zaggā) m (plural ܙܓܐ)
- cymbal, bell
- mortar (used with a pestle)
Inflection
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle Persian (zʾtk' /zādag/) or (zhk' /zahag/); compare also Old Armenian ձագ (jag).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܙܓܐ • (zāggā) m (plural ܙܓܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܙܓܬܐ)
- chick (young chicken)
- Synonym: ܦܪܘܓܐ
Inflection
Further reading
- “zg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-22
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 84a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, page 364a-b