ܓܘܙܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Middle Persian gwc (gōz, walnut). Compare Arabic جَوْز (ǧawz) and Hebrew אֱגוֹז (ʾĕḡôz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡawzɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ɡawze(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܓܘܙܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܓܘܙܐ)

  1. nut (tree and fruit; especially walnut)

Inflection

See also

  • ܓܘܙܬܐ

References

  • gwz”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 44b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 63a
  • 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. 213a
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