ܐܡܒܪ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, ambergris); compare Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from which the alternative Syriac forms ܥܡܒܪ (ʿambar) and ܥܢܒܪ (ʿanbar) are derived.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܐܡܒܪ (ʾambarm

  1. amber
  2. ambergris

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ܐܡܒܪ (transliteration needed)

  1. absolute singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ
  2. construct state singular of ܐܡܒܪܐ

References[edit]

  • ˀmbr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-27
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 257b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 19a, 416b
  • 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, pp. 53a, 1114b