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Classical Syriac
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian ywc (/yōz/) and see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܝܘܙܐ • (yōzāʾ, yawzāʾ) m (plural ܝܘܙܘܬܐ)
- cheetah, leopard, panther
Inflection
References
- “ywzˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-21
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 189b
- 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. 568b