ܙܘܙܐ

From Aramaic זוּזָא (zūzā, “coin, money; drachma”), from Akkadian 𒍪𒊻 (/⁠zūzu⁠/, “half, half measure; half shekel”); compare Hebrew זוּז (zuz, “one quarter of a shekel”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): (singular)

  IPA^(key): (plural)

ܙܘܼܙܵܐ • (zūzā) m (plural ܙ̈ܘܼܙܹܐ (zūzē))

1. coin
   • Luke 15:8:

     ܝܲܢ ܐܲܝܢܝܼ ܒܲܟ݂ܬܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ ܠܵܗ̇ ܥܸܣܪܵܐ ܙ̈ܘܼܙܹܐ ܘܛܲܠܩܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܵܝܗܝ، ܠܹܐ ܡܲܠܗܝܼܵܐ ܫܪܵܓ݂ܵܐ ܘܟܵܢܫܵܐ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܘܛܲܥܝܵܐ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ ܒܚܦܝܼܛܘܼܬܵܐ ܗܲܠ ܕܡܲܫ݇ܟ̰ܚܵܐ ܠܹܗ؟

     yan aynī baḵtā d-hāwē lāh ˁisrā zūzē w-ṭalqā ḥa minnāyh, lē malhīyā šrāḡā w-kānšā baytā w-ṭaˁyā bāṯrēh b-ḥpīṭūtā hal d-mačḥā lēh?

     Either what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

2. (in the plural) money
3. (numismatics) zuz, drachma, dirhem
4. dram (weight)
5. dipper, ladle

• (coin): ܡܲܛܒܥܵܐ (maṭbˁā)
• (money): ܟܸܣܦܵܐ (kispā)

• IPA^(key): (singular)
• IPA^(key): (plural)

From Aramaic זוּזָא (/⁠zūzā⁠/), from Akkadian 𒍪𒊻 (/⁠zūzu⁠/, “half, half measure; half shekel”). Compare Hebrew זוּז (zûz).

ܙܘܙܐ • (zūzā) m (plural ܙܘܙܐ (zūzē))

1. coin
2. (in the plural) money
3. (numismatics) zuz, drachma, dirhem
4. dram (weight)
5. dipper, ladle

ܙܘܙܐ • (zūzā) m (plural ܙܘܙܐ (zūzē))

1. kind of onion

• “zwz”, 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, page 86a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 112b
• 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 371a