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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From a Semitic language, via Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of ܒܪܩܐ, which was borrowed directly from Hebrew. Both ultimately derive from Proto-Semitic *bariq- (“lightning”); compare Arabic بَرْق (barq), Hebrew בָּרָק (bārāq).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܙܡܪܓܕܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܙܡܪܓܕܐ)
- emerald
- Synonym: ܟܐܦܐ ܢܗܪܝܬܐ
Inflection
References
- “zmrgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-17
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 231b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 118a
- 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. 387a