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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Compare Akkadian 𒈲𒅆𒌨 (/ḫulmittu/, “reptile; lizard, snake, dragon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܚܘܠܡܛܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܠܡܛܐ)
- large lizard, chameleon
Inflection
References
- “ḥwlmṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-05-05
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 99b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 131b
- 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. 426b