ܙܝܢܐ

From Aramaic זַיְנָא (zaynā), borrowed from Old Iranian *zaina-; compare Hebrew זַיִן (záyin), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (zaēna, “weapon”), Middle Persian 𐫉𐫏𐫗 (zyn /⁠zēn⁠/, “weapon; armor”), Old Armenian զէն (zēn) (a loanword). The sense of “semicolon” is a learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

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ܙܲܝܢܵܐ • (zaynā) m sg (plural ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē))

1. weapons, arms
2. armour, shield
3. armed force
4. implements, ornaments
5. harness, trappings

• ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (bēṯ zaynē, “armory, closet; quiver”)
• ܙܲܝܸܢ (zayyin, “to arm”)

ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ • (zaynē) m pl

1. (typography) semicolon

• (symbol) ( ؛ )
• (Punctuation) ܦܘܼܚܵܡܵܐ (puḥḥāmā); ܢܘܼܩܙܵܐ (nuqzā, “period, full stop”), ܦܵܪܘܿܫܬܵܐ (pārōštā, “comma”), ܫܘܲܝܹ̈ܐ (šwayyē, “colon”), ܙܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ (zaynē, “semicolon”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܫܘܼܐܵܠܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-šuˀālā, “question mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-qrāytā, “exclamation mark”), ܝܲܕ݂ܥܵܐ ܕܡܸܬܬܣܝܼܡܵܢܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (yaḏˁā d-mittsīmānūṯā, “quotation mark”), ܢܵܩܘܿܦܵܐ (nāqōpā, “dash, hyphen”), ܣܛܵܦܵܐ (sṭāpā, “slash”), ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā, “parenthesis, bracket”), ܟܵܘܟ݂ܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (kāwḵḇōnā, “asterisk”), ܓܵܕ݂ܘܿܡܵܐ (gāḏōmā), ܦܵܣܘܿܩܵܐ (pāsōqā), ^{(Category: aii:Punctuation marks)}

Borrowed from Old Iranian *zaina-. Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀 (zaēna, “weapon”), Middle Persian 𐫉𐫏𐫗 (zyn /⁠zēn⁠/, “weapon; armor”), and the loaned Old Armenian զէն (zēn); see the latter for more.

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

ܙܝܢܐ • (zaynā) m (plural ܙܝܢܐ (zaynē))

1. weapons, arms
2. armour, shield
3. armed force
4. implements, ornaments
5. harness, trappings

• ܒܝܬ ܙܝܢܐ (bēṯ zaynā)

• “zyn²”, 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 87b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115a
• 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 378b