ܫܠܓܡܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

  • ܫܠܓܡ

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Iranian *šalgam; compare Persian شلغم (šalğam). Also compare Arabic شَلْغَم (šalḡam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)mɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [ʃalɡ(ə)me(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܫܠܓܡܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܠܓܡܐ)

  1. turnip

Inflection

References

  • $lgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 578a
  • 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. 1560b
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