قصدير

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Etymology

From Aramaic קַסִּיטְרָא (qassiṭrā, tin), from Ancient Greek κασσίτερον (kassíteron), κασσίτερος (kassíteros, tin, literally the metal or earth from the land of the Kassi); ultimately of obscure origin, considered of pre-Greek substrate. Identification and the meaning of κασσί (kassí) has been disputed; see Kassites, a historically significant bronze age people from the Zagros Mountains, the nearest source of Mesopotamian tin – which could relate us to مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā, marcasite) –, and the Cassiterides and cassiterite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qasˤ.diːr/
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    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /ɡasˤ.diːr/

Noun

قَصْدِير (qaṣdīrm

  1. tin

Declension

References

  • qsyṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • قصدير” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 301

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Arabic قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قصدير (gaṣdīrm

  1. (uncountable) tin

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قصدير (ʔaṣdīrm

  1. (uncountable) tin