ܐܪܙܐ

Compare Arabic أَرْز‎ (ʔarz), Hebrew אֶרֶז‎ (ʾérez), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎗𐎇 (ảrz), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אַרְזָא‎ (ʾarzā), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארזא‎ (/*ʾarzā/), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܪܙܐ‎ (/*ʾarzā/), Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀‎ (ʾrzʾ), all meaning cedar.

• IPA^(key): [ʔarzɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʔarze] (plural)

ܐܪܙܐ • (ʾarzā) m (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾarzē))

1. cedar
2. pine

• Hebrew: ארז‎
• Ge'ez: አርዝ (ʾärz)
• Arabic: أرز‎

From Imperial Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡆𐡀‎ (ʾrzʾ, “mystery”), Old Persian *𐎼𐎠𐏀 (*rāza-). Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (lʾc /rāz/), Persian راز‎ (râz), Hebrew רָז‎ (rāz), Old Armenian երազ (eraz).

• ܪܙܐ‎ (rāzā), ܪܐܙܐ‎ (rāzā)

• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)rɑzɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [(ʔə)rɑze] (plural)

ܐܪܙܐ • (ʾərāzā) m (plural ܐܪܙܐ (ʾərāzē))

1. secret, mystery
2. anything having a secret or mystical meaning; type, figure, sign, symbol, likeness
3. allegory
4. agreement, council
5. (religion) sacrament, rite

• “ˀrz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “rz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 342b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 28a
• 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, page 1424a–b