ܙܡܪܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Root
ܙ ܡ ܪ (z m r)
3 terms

Pronunciation 1

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zammɑrtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zamartɑː]

Noun

ܙܲܡܵܪܬܵܐ (zammārtā) f (plural ܙܲܡܵܪ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zammārāṯā), masculine ܙܲܡܵܪܵܐ (zammārā))

  1. singer, musician

Pronunciation 2

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zmɑrtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zmartɑː]

Noun

ܙܡܵܪܬܵܐ (zmārtā) f (plural ܙܡܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zmāryāṯā))

  1. song

Pronunciation 3

  • (standard) IPA(key): [zɪmmɑrtɑː]
  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [zɪmmartɑː]

Noun

ܙܸܡܵܪܬܵܐ (zimmārtā) f (plural ܙܸܡܵܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (zimmāryāṯā))

  1. song

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From the root ܙ-ܡ-ܪ (z-m-r) related to singing. Compare Arabic زَمَّارَة (zammāra) and Hebrew זַמֶּרֶת (zamméreṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zammɑrtɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [zammɑrɑθɑ(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܙܡܪܬܐ (transliteration needed) f (plural ܙܡܪܬܐ, singular masculine counterpart ܙܡܪܐ)

  1. singer, musician
  2. psalmist

Inflection

References

  • zmrh”, 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, p. 89b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 118a
  • 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. 387a
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