ܨܗܝܘܢ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms
  • Western Syriac: ܨܶܗܝܽܘܢ

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן‎ (ṣiyyōn), perhaps influenced by ܨܗܝܘܬܐ‎ (ṣahyūṯā, “thirst”).

Proper noun

ܨܸܗܝܘܿܢ • (ṣɛhyōn)

  1. Zion

References
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 474
  • Bar Bahlul, Ḥasan (a. 1000), Duval, Rubens, editor, Lexicon Syriacum (Collection Orientale; 15–17) (in Classical Syriac), Paris: e Reipublicæ typographæo, published 1901, page 826
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