ܫܡܫܪܐ

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Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Middle Persian (šmšʾl /⁠šimšār⁠/), if not the other way around. Cognate with Akkadian 𒅆𒈨𒌍𒊭𒇻𒌋 (ši-meš-ša-lu-u /⁠šimeššalû⁠/), 𒋆𒊭𒇻𒌋 (šim-ša-lu-u /⁠šimšalû, šimšallu⁠/, a tree; potentially boxwood), which is deemed a loanword.

Noun

ܫܡܫܪܐ (šemšārā, šamšārām (plural ܫܡܫܪܐ (šemšārē, šamšārē))

  1. box (Buxus sempervirens)

Inflection

Descendants

  • ? Middle Persian:
    Book Pahlavi script: (šmšʾl /⁠šimšār⁠/)
    • Persian: شمشاد (šamšâd) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • šmšr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) “ܫܶܡܫܳܪ”, in Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 316–319
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 63–64
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 54